linux-kernel - [PATCH] Initialise scatter/gather list in sg driver

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Message-ID: <20071025192959.GA5827@kryten>
Date:	Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:29:59 -0500
From:	Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>
To:	jens.axboe@...cle.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Initialise scatter/gather list in sg driver


After turning on DEBUG_SG I hit a fail:

kernel BUG at include/linux/scatterlist.h:50!

	ata_qc_issue
	ata_scsi_translate
	ipr_queuecommand
	scsi_dispatch_cmd
	scsi_request_fn
	elv_insert
	blk_execute_rq_nowait
	blk_execute_rq
	sg_io
	scsi_cmd_ioctl
	cdrom_ioctl
	sr_block_ioctl
	blkdev_driver_ioctl
	blkdev_ioctl
	block_ioctl
	do_ioctl
	vfs_ioctl
	sys_ioctl
	sg_ioctl_trans

It looks like ata_sg_setup is working on an uninitialised sg table. Call
sg_init_table to initialise it before use.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>
---

Jens this is against your sg branch. This fixes the fail but Id
appreciate a confirmation that it's the right fix :)

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index b5f7c59..4de41bb 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -4689,6 +4689,7 @@ static int ata_sg_setup(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 		 * data in this function or read data in ata_sg_clean.
 		 */
 		offset = lsg->offset + lsg->length - qc->pad_len;
+		sg_init_table(psg, 1);
 		sg_set_page(psg, nth_page(sg_page(lsg), offset >> PAGE_SHIFT),
 				qc->pad_len, offset_in_page(offset));
 
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