linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] qla2xxx: setup data needed in ISR before setting up the ISR

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Date:	Wed, 6 Jul 2016 11:43:06 +0200
From:	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To:	Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
	James Bottomley <jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Cc:	Linux SCSI Mailinglist <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] qla2xxx: setup data needed in ISR before setting up the
 ISR

On 07/06/2016 09:51 AM, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> qla2xxx first calls request_irq() and then does the setup of the queue
> entry data needed in the interrupt handlers in when using MSI-X. This
> could lead to a NULL pointer dereference when an IRQ fires between the
> request_irq() call and the assignment of the qentry data structure to the
> rsp->msix field. A possible case for such a race would be in the kdump
> case when the HBA's IRQs are still enabled but the driver is undergoing
> a new initialisation and thus is not aware of already activated IRQs in
> the HBA.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>

Cheers,

Hannes
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