Re: [PATCH] [SCSI] libsas: remove expander from dev list on error
From: Jack Wang
Date: Tue Jul 26 2011 - 23:26:52 EST
[PATCH] [SCSI] libsas: remove expander from dev list on error
>
> If expander discovery fails (sas_discover_expander()),
> remove the expander from the port device list
> (sas_ex_discover_expander()), before freeing it. Else
> the list is corrupted and, e.g., when we attempt to send
> SMP commands to other devices, the kernel oopses.
>
> Signed-off-by: Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c | 3 +++
> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
> b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
> index 874e29d..f84084b 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
> @@ -849,6 +849,9 @@ static struct domain_device *sas_ex_discover_expander(
>
> res = sas_discover_expander(child);
> if (res) {
> + spin_lock_irq(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
> + list_del(&child->dev_list_node);
> + spin_unlock_irq(&parent->port->dev_list_lock);
> kfree(child);
> return NULL;
> }
> --
[Jack Wang] Looks reasonable, thanks for fix this.
You can add my Reviewed-by: Jack Wang <jack_wang@xxxxxxxxx> if needed.
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