Re: [PATCH] nbd/server: improve nbd_negotiate_send_rep_list

[Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy]

08.01.2020 1:01, Eric Blake wrote:
> On 12/26/19 2:15 AM, Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy wrote:
>> Don't try to write zero-lenght strings.
> 
> length
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sementsov-Ogievskiy <address@hidden>
>> ---
>>   nbd/server.c | 16 ++++++++++------
>>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/nbd/server.c b/nbd/server.c
>> index 24ebc1a805..28a915f5a2 100644
>> --- a/nbd/server.c
>> +++ b/nbd/server.c
>> @@ -392,14 +392,18 @@ static int nbd_negotiate_send_rep_list(NBDClient 
>> *client, NBDExport *exp,
>>           return -EINVAL;
>>       }
>> -    if (nbd_write(ioc, name, name_len, errp) < 0) {
>> -        error_prepend(errp, "write failed (name buffer): ");
>> -        return -EINVAL;
>> +    if (name_len > 0) {
>> +        if (nbd_write(ioc, name, name_len, errp) < 0) {
> 
> What's the rationale for this change?  nbd_write() should be a no-op

I looked through the code and it seems for me that nobody does this check,
so it would not be a no-op, at least it would be extra syscall..

> for a zero length write, at which point this is a micro-optimization (fewer 
> CPU cycles, but no semantic change).
> 



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Best regards,
Vladimir