linux-kernel - Re: [patch] scsi: fix crash in gdth

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Date:	Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:57:14 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@...asas.com>,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...elEye.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] scsi: fix crash in gdth_timeout()

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>> A further problem is probably that the GDTH timer is not stopped by a
>> failed GDTH probe?
> 
> Indeed. Maybe this is a better fix?
> 
> That driver is pretty messy, and this should have been found ealier. 
> James? Boaz?

FWIW, the gdth driver was "super-messy".  With this latest SCSI pull, 
that severity has been successfully downgraded to "messy" :)

IMO some easy-to-fix breakage was inevitable with such a large volume of 
fundamental changes.

Honestly, the driver is probably rarely run by people that lack the 
hardware, I bet...

	Jeff



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