linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3.10 199/319] IB/srpt: Simplify srpt_handle_tsk

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Date:   Mon, 6 Feb 2017 07:32:04 +0100
From:   Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:     Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@...disk.com>
Cc:     "linux@...ck-us.net" <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        "sagig@...lanox.com" <sagig@...lanox.com>,
        "dledford@...hat.com" <dledford@...hat.com>,
        "nab@...ux-iscsi.org" <nab@...ux-iscsi.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3.10 199/319] IB/srpt: Simplify srpt_handle_tsk_mgmt()

Hi Bart,

On Mon, Feb 06, 2017 at 05:14:04AM +0000, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On Sun, 2017-02-05 at 20:20 +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > From: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@...disk.com>
> > 
> > commit 51093254bf879bc9ce96590400a87897c7498463 upstream.
> > 
> > Let the target core check task existence instead of the SRP target
> > driver. Additionally, let the target core check the validity of the
> > task management request instead of the ib_srpt driver.
> > 
> > This patch fixes the following kernel crash:
> > 
> > BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000001
> > IP: [<ffffffffa0565f37>] srpt_handle_new_iu+0x6d7/0x790 [ib_srpt]
> > Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP
> > Call Trace:
> >  [<ffffffffa05660ce>] srpt_process_completion+0xde/0x570 [ib_srpt]
> >  [<ffffffffa056669f>] srpt_compl_thread+0x13f/0x160 [ib_srpt]
> >  [<ffffffff8109726f>] kthread+0xcf/0xe0
> >  [<ffffffff81613cfc>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
> 
> Hi Willy,
> 
> The first part of the description of this patch is correct (the part about
> the refactoring) but the second part not (about the kernel crash). If you
> are looking only for patches that fix bugs you may want to skip this patch.

OK I'm dropping it then.

Thanks!
Willy