Re: [PATCH] nbd: Abort request on data reception failure

Paul Clements
2006-07-17T15:26:09Z

Michal Feix wrote:
> When reading from nbd device, we need to receive all the data after
> receiving reply packet from the server - otherwise such request will
> never be ended.
>
> If socket is closed right after accepting reply control packet and in
> the middle of waiting for read data, nbd_read_stat() returns NULL and
> nbd_end_request() is not called.

That's right. We can't return NULL after pulling the request off the queue.

Thanks,
Paul