linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6.1 v2 0/3] aic79xx: Add some non-NULL checks

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Message-ID: <c3fc938af6662c00b57e93f2cc7e48d62e6572df.camel@HansenPartnership.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 08:12:00 -0400
From: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To: Boris Belyavtsev <bbelyavtsev@...rgate.com>, hare@...e.com
Cc: linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	lvc-project@...uxtesting.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6.1 v2 0/3] aic79xx: Add some non-NULL checks

On Mon, 2025-04-21 at 15:16 +0700, Boris Belyavtsev wrote:
> Add non-NULL checks for ahd_lookup_scb return value.
> 
> scb could be NULL if faulty hardware return certain incorrect values
> to the driver.

It's a general principle that we trust values coming from the card ...
you are, after all, trusting it with your data.  If there's a fault in
the way the card is operating, we can work around that, so if you have
a card which is producing these NULLs, can you provide details so we
can investigate?

Regards,

James