Re: [PATCH v2 4/4] qla2xxx: Handle incorrect entry_type entries

[Daniel Wagner]

Hi Arun,

On Mon, Sep 07, 2020 at 11:47:48PM -0700, Arun Easi wrote:
> Could you drop the above comment about firmware, as it is speculation at
> this point?

Sure, no problem.

> It'd be best to take a chip reset path, rather than assuming the
> packet is good and having the appropriate handler called (hacky).
> An approach similar to the one done at the beginning of
> qla2x00_get_sp_from_handle() is what I had in mind.

Ok, agreed a reset is probably the safest choice.

> I'd have preferred a common approach across the different IOCB types
> as an attempt to harden the code, but that will be a little more
> involved work. This looks ok.

Yes, I was pondering on it but I don't know enough to really come up
with something reasonable. Currently our customers report only this
hickup. So this is really only a partial workaround.

Thanks,
Daniel