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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 32/91] libsas: remove expander from dev list on error
    On 02/06/2012 07:48 AM, Luben Tuikov wrote:

    > Isn't this my patch? Are you submitting it as your own?


    No, he just wanna backport to the stable.

    >
    > Luben
    >
    >
    > On Feb 5, 2012, at 14:10, Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> wrote:
    >
    >> 2.6.27-longterm review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
    >>
    >> ------------------
    >>
    >> commit 5911e963d3718e306bcac387b83e259aa4228896 upstream.
    >>
    >> 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>
    >> Reviewed-by: Jack Wang <jack_wang@usish.com>
    >> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@Parallels.com>
    >> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
    >> ---
    >> drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c | 3 +++
    >> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
    >>
    >> Index: longterm-2.6.27/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c
    >> ===================================================================
    >> --- longterm-2.6.27.orig/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c 2012-02-05 22:34:34.059914940 +0100
    >> +++ longterm-2.6.27/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_expander.c 2012-02-05 22:34:39.404915902 +0100
    >> @@ -839,6 +839,9 @@
    >>
    >> 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;
    >> }
    >>
    >>
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