linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] mptlan: add checks for dma mapping errors

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Message-ID: <yq1pownhibu.fsf@sermon.lab.mkp.net>
Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:22:45 -0500
From:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:	Tomas Henzl <thenzl@...hat.com>
Cc:	Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@...ras.ru>,
	Sreekanth Reddy <sreekanth.reddy@...gotech.com>,
	MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@...gotech.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ldv-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] mptlan: add checks for dma mapping errors

>>>>> "Tomas" == Tomas Henzl <thenzl@...hat.com> writes:

Tomas> Other than that - previous patch for this driver came in in 2010
Tomas> - six years ago and the driver seems unmaintained now.  I'm not
Tomas> sure if we should fix hw we can't test and when there is not an
Tomas> user bug report. This example nicely shows how easy it is to add
Tomas> new bugs even when a fix looks trivial.

Yeah, I'm inclined to leave it as is.

If somebody provides a Tested-by: I'll reconsider.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering