-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know. --------------------- From: FUJITA Tomonori commit 7d5d408c77cee95d1380511de46b7a4c8dc2211d struct asc_dvc_var needs overrun buffer to be placed on an 8 byte boundary. advansys defines struct asc_dvc_var: struct asc_dvc_var { ... uchar overrun_buf[ASC_OVERRUN_BSIZE] __aligned(8); The problem is that struct asc_dvc_var is placed on shost->hostdata. So if the hostdata is not on an 8 byte boundary, the advansys crashes. The hostdata is placed on a sizeof(unsigned long) boundary so the 8 byte boundary is not garanteed with x86_32. With 2.6.23 and 2.6.24, the hostdata is on an 8 byte boundary by chance, but with the current git, it's not. This patch removes overrun_buf static array and use kzalloc. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori Signed-off-by: James Bottomley FUJITA Tomonori notes: We thought that 2.6.24 doesn't have this bug, however it does. Signed-off-by: Chris Wright Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- drivers/scsi/advansys.c | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/scsi/advansys.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/advansys.c @@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ typedef struct asc_dvc_var { ASC_SCSI_BIT_ID_TYPE unit_not_ready; ASC_SCSI_BIT_ID_TYPE queue_full_or_busy; ASC_SCSI_BIT_ID_TYPE start_motor; - uchar overrun_buf[ASC_OVERRUN_BSIZE] __aligned(8); + uchar *overrun_buf; dma_addr_t overrun_dma; uchar scsi_reset_wait; uchar chip_no; @@ -13833,6 +13833,12 @@ static int __devinit advansys_board_foun */ if (ASC_NARROW_BOARD(boardp)) { ASC_DBG(2, "AscInitAsc1000Driver()\n"); + + asc_dvc_varp->overrun_buf = kzalloc(ASC_OVERRUN_BSIZE, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!asc_dvc_varp->overrun_buf) { + ret = -ENOMEM; + goto err_free_wide_mem; + } warn_code = AscInitAsc1000Driver(asc_dvc_varp); if (warn_code || asc_dvc_varp->err_code) { @@ -13840,8 +13846,10 @@ static int __devinit advansys_board_foun "warn 0x%x, error 0x%x\n", asc_dvc_varp->init_state, warn_code, asc_dvc_varp->err_code); - if (asc_dvc_varp->err_code) + if (asc_dvc_varp->err_code) { ret = -ENODEV; + kfree(asc_dvc_varp->overrun_buf); + } } } else { if (advansys_wide_init_chip(shost)) @@ -13894,6 +13902,7 @@ static int advansys_release(struct Scsi_ dma_unmap_single(board->dev, board->dvc_var.asc_dvc_var.overrun_dma, ASC_OVERRUN_BSIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE); + kfree(board->dvc_var.asc_dvc_var.overrun_buf); } else { iounmap(board->ioremap_addr); advansys_wide_free_mem(board); -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/