linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Fix serialization of DCBX TLV data request

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Date:   Sat, 01 Oct 2022 05:50:19 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Rafael Mendonca <rafaelmendsr@...il.com>
Cc:     Nilesh Javali <njavali@...vell.com>,
        GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...vell.com,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@...ium.com>,
        Quinn Tran <quinn.tran@...ium.com>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Fix serialization of DCBX TLV data request


Rafael,

> Commit b6faaaf796d7 ("scsi: qla2xxx: Serialize mailbox request")
> serialized mailbox requests from userspace using the 'optrom'
> mutex. However, in the case of DCBX TLV data, if the memory for it is
> already allocated, then the mailbox request ends up not being
> serialized because it is done without holding the 'optrom' mutex.

Applied to 6.1/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering