linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] SCSI IOCTL: Check for device deletion [was Re: __elv_add

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <1306371965.1641.79.camel@mulgrave.site>
Date:	Wed, 25 May 2011 20:06:04 -0500
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Parag Warudkar <parag.lkml@...il.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux SCSI List <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] SCSI IOCTL: Check for device deletion [was Re:
 __elv_add_request OOPS]

On Wed, 2011-05-25 at 18:01 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 5:35 PM, James Bottomley
> <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com> wrote: > > Jens, can you look
> at this, please ... would you prefer a separate DEAD > test instead? 
> Incidentally, this is in addition to the other DEAD test > you still
> haven't applied ...
> 
> Ugh.
> 
> Can you please just always set STOPPED at the same time you set DEAD?

Well, Jens wondered the same thing in this thread:

http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=130632292705404

It's just an RFC patch to see if I can fix an oops ... how it's
ultimately implemented will be up to Jens.

James


--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/