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[PATCH] xen-blkback: prefer xenbus_scanf() over xenbus_gather()

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... for single items being collected: It is more typesafe (as the
compiler can check format string and to-be-written-to variable match)
and requires one less parameter to be passed.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
---
 drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c |   13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- 4.7-rc6-prefer-xenbus_scanf.orig/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
+++ 4.7-rc6-prefer-xenbus_scanf/drivers/block/xen-blkback/xenbus.c
@@ -1022,9 +1022,9 @@ static int connect_ring(struct backend_i
 	pr_debug("%s %s\n", __func__, dev->otherend);
 
 	be->blkif->blk_protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_DEFAULT;
-	err = xenbus_gather(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "protocol",
-			    "%63s", protocol, NULL);
-	if (err)
+	err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend, "protocol",
+			   "%63s", protocol);
+	if (err <= 0)
 		strcpy(protocol, "unspecified, assuming default");
 	else if (0 == strcmp(protocol, XEN_IO_PROTO_ABI_NATIVE))
 		be->blkif->blk_protocol = BLKIF_PROTOCOL_NATIVE;
@@ -1036,10 +1036,9 @@ static int connect_ring(struct backend_i
 		xenbus_dev_fatal(dev, err, "unknown fe protocol %s", protocol);
 		return -ENOSYS;
 	}
-	err = xenbus_gather(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend,
-			    "feature-persistent", "%u",
-			    &pers_grants, NULL);
-	if (err)
+	err = xenbus_scanf(XBT_NIL, dev->otherend,
+			   "feature-persistent", "%u", &pers_grants);
+	if (err <= 0)
 		pers_grants = 0;
 
 	be->blkif->vbd.feature_gnt_persistent = pers_grants;

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[PATCH] xen-blkback: prefer xenbus_scanf() over  xenbus_gather() "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@suse.com> - 2016-07-07 10:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] xen-blkback: prefer xenbus_scanf() over xenbus_gather() Roger Pau Monne <roger.pau@citrix.com> - 2016-07-07 11:40 +0200

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