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SubjectRe: [PATCH V3] Save command pool address of Scsi_Host
On Mon, Aug 04, 2014 at 06:26:09AM +0200, jgross@suse.com wrote:
> From: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
>
> If a scsi host driver specifies .cmd_len in it's scsi_host_template, a driver's
> private command pool is needed. scsi_find_host_cmd_pool() will locate it, but
> scsi_alloc_host_cmd_pool() isn't saving the pool address in the host template.
>
> This will result in an access error when the host is removed.
>
> Avoid the problem by saving the address of a new allocated command pool where
> it is expected and delete it again when the pool is destroyed.

I don't really like the double pointer passing - just NULLing out the
pointer in the caller where needed seems cleaner.

Otherwise this looks good to me.



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