linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.4] nvme-pci: initialize queue memory before interrupts

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Message-ID: <20180705165526.GA4349@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 5 Jul 2018 18:55:26 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Ben Hutchings <ben.hutchings@...ethink.co.uk>
Cc:     Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        Jianchao Wang <jianchao.w.wang@...cle.com>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.4] nvme-pci: initialize queue memory before interrupts

On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 06:23:06PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> From: Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
> 
> commit 161b8be2bd6abad250d4b3f674bdd5480f15beeb upstream.
> 
> A spurious interrupt before the nvme driver has initialized the completion
> queue may inadvertently cause the driver to believe it has a completion
> to process. This may result in a NULL dereference since the nvmeq's tags
> are not set at this point.
> 
> The patch initializes the host's CQ memory so that a spurious interrupt
> isn't mistaken for a real completion.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> [bwh: Backported to 4.4: adjust context]
> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
> ---
>  drivers/nvme/host/pci.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Now applied, thanks.

greg k-h