linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] qla2xxx: Protect access to qpair members with qpair->qp

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Date:   Thu, 22 Jun 2017 16:23:20 +0200
From:   Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
To:     John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
Cc:     "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Linux SCSI Mailinglist <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        qla2xxx-upstream@...gic.com,
        Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@...ium.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] qla2xxx: Protect access to qpair members with
 qpair->qp_lock

On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 03:19:27PM +0100, John Garry wrote:
> On 22/06/2017 14:43, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> >In qla2xx_start_scsi_mq() and qla2xx_dif_start_scsi_mq() we grab the
> >qpair->qp_lock but do access members of the qpair before having the lock.
> >Re-order the locking sequence to have all read and write access to qpair
> >members under the qpair->qp_lock.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
> >---
> > drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c | 20 +++++++++++++-------
> > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> >diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
> >index 8404f17f3c6c..425ca1646a9a 100644
> >--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
> >+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_iocb.c
> >@@ -1770,10 +1770,6 @@ qla2xxx_start_scsi_mq(srb_t *sp)
> > 	struct qla_hw_data *ha = vha->hw;
> > 	struct qla_qpair *qpair = sp->qpair;
> >
> >-	/* Setup qpair pointers */
> >-	rsp = qpair->rsp;
> >-	req = qpair->req;
> 
> Can you check the call to qla2x00_marker() before the spinlock grab, which
> takes rsp and req as parameters?

Good catch, thanks.

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