Re: [PATCH] [SCSI] libsas: remove expander from dev list on error

[Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@yahoo.com>]

----- Original Message -----

> From: Jack Wang <jack_wang@usish.com>
> To: 'Luben Tuikov' <ltuikov@yahoo.com>; 'James Bottomley' <James.Bottomley@suse.de>; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 8:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] [SCSI] libsas: remove expander from dev list on error
> 
> [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@yahoo.com>
>>  ---
>>   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@usish.com> if needed.
>