Antw: [PATCH v2] scsi: avoid potential deadloop in iscsi_if_rx func

From: Ulrich Windl
Date: Wed Oct 30 2019 - 04:16:40 EST


>>> "wubo (T)" <wubo40@xxxxxxxxxx> schrieb am 30.10.2019 um 08:56 in Nachricht
<EDBAAA0BBBA2AC4E9C8B6B81DEEE1D6915DFA0FE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> From: Bo Wu <wubo40@xxxxxxxxxx>

...
> + if (--retries < 0) {
> + printk(KERN_ERR "Send reply failed too many times. "
> + "Max supported retries %u\n", ISCSI_SEND_MAX_ALLOWED);

Just for "personal taste": Why not simplify the message to:?
+ printk(KERN_ERR "Send reply failed too many times (%u)\n",
ISCSI_SEND_MAX_ALLOWED);

> + break;
> + }
> +

Maybe place the number after "many" as an alternative. I think as the message is expected to be rare, a short variant is justified.
Also one could discuss wether the problem that originates "from external" should be KERN_ERR, or maybe just a warning, because the kernel itself can do little against that problem, and it's not a "kernel error" after all ;-)

Regards,
Ulrich