linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/10] mpt3sas: Fix possibility of using invalid Enclosure Handles for SAS device after host reset

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Message-ID: <a6522b4a-0bb4-1351-bc52-5c1e83f44b31@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:09:22 +0200
From:   Tomas Henzl <thenzl@...hat.com>
To:     Sreekanth Reddy <sreekanth.reddy@...adcom.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, hch@...radead.org
Cc:     martin.petersen@...cle.com, Sathya.Prakash@...adcom.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/10] mpt3sas: Fix possibility of using invalid Enclosure
 Handles for SAS device after host reset

On 10/10/2017 03:11 PM, Sreekanth Reddy wrote:
> Enclosure handles are not updated after host reset.
> As a result, driver device structure is holding previously
>  assigned enclosure handle which is different from the
>  enclosure handle populated in the corresponding device page.
>
> Modified the driver to update devices enclosure handles after
>  host reset to current value, by referring the enclosure handles
>  from corresponding device pages
>
> Signed-off-by: Sreekanth Reddy <Sreekanth.Reddy@...adcom.com>

Reviewed-by: Tomas Henzl <thenzl@...hat.com>