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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Ethan Zhao <xerces.zhao@gmail.com>
Cc: Ethan Zhao <haifeng.zhao@intel.com>,
	Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@google.com>, Oliver <oohall@gmail.com>,
	ruscur@russell.cc, Lukas Wunner <lukas@wunner.de>,
	Stuart Hayes <stuart.w.hayes@gmail.com>,
	Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me@gmail.com>,
	Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@linux.intel.com>,
	linux-pci <linux-pci@vger.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Jia, Pei P" <pei.p.jia@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] PCI/ERR: get device before call device driver to avoid null pointer reference
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:48:15 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200929104815.GD3956970@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKF3qh28CLbt7N2MJ8WE318wYU4kFe+F5Uew3znVJ17yyTR7OA@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 05:38:00PM +0800, Ethan Zhao wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 4:51 PM Andy Shevchenko
> <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 10:35:14AM +0800, Ethan Zhao wrote:
> > > Preferred style, there will be cleared comment in v6.
> >
> > Avoid top postings.
> >
> > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 12:42 AM Andy Shevchenko
> > > <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > > > On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 10:34:21PM -0400, Ethan Zhao wrote:

...

> > > > >  Buffer I/O error on dev nvme0n1p1, logical block 468843328,
> > > > >  async page read
> > > > >  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000050
> > > > >  #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
> > > > >  #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
> > > >
> > > > Same comment about Oops.
> >
> > In another thread it was a good advice to move the full Oops (if you think it's
> > very useful to have) after the cutter '---' line, so it will be in email
> > archives but Git history.
> 
> So git history wouldn't give any of the Oops context, and he/she has
> to access LKML,
> if offline, then ...lost.

Tell me, do you really think the line:
   #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
makes any sense in the commit message?

I do not think so. And so on, for almost 60% of the Oops.
Really, to help one person you will make millions suffering. It's not okay.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



  reply	other threads:[~2020-09-29 10:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-09-25  2:34 [PATCH 0/5] Fix DPC hotplug race and enhance error hanlding Ethan Zhao
2020-09-25  2:34 ` [PATCH 4/5] PCI: only return true when dev io state is really changed Ethan Zhao
2020-09-25 12:38   ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-09-27  1:28     ` Zhao, Haifeng
2020-09-25 13:56   ` Alex G.
2020-09-25  2:34 ` [PATCH 5/5] PCI/ERR: don't mix io state not changed and no driver together Ethan Zhao
     [not found] ` <20200925023423.42675-2-haifeng.zhao@intel.com>
2020-09-25 12:24   ` [PATCH 1/5] PCI: define a function to check and wait till port finish DPC handling Andy Shevchenko
2020-09-27  1:53     ` Zhao, Haifeng
     [not found] ` <20200925023423.42675-3-haifeng.zhao@intel.com>
2020-09-25 12:32   ` [PATCH 2/5] PCI: pciehp: check and wait port status out of DPC before handling DLLSC and PDC Andy Shevchenko
2020-09-27  1:50     ` Zhao, Haifeng
     [not found] ` <20200925023423.42675-4-haifeng.zhao@intel.com>
2020-09-25 12:35   ` [PATCH 3/5] PCI/ERR: get device before call device driver to avoid null pointer reference Andy Shevchenko
2020-09-29  2:35     ` Ethan Zhao
2020-09-29  8:51       ` Andy Shevchenko
2020-09-29  9:38         ` Ethan Zhao
2020-09-29 10:48           ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2020-09-30  2:07             ` Ethan Zhao

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