Re: 2.6.13-rc5-mm1 doesnt boot on x86_64

Ashok Raj
2005-08-09T18:13:21Z

On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 07:06:50PM -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 10:42 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > -mm has extra list_head debugging goodies. I'd be suspecting a list_head
> > corruption detected somewhere under spi_release_transport().
>
> Aha, looking in wrong driver ... the problem actually appears to be a
> double release of the transport template in aic79xx. Try this patch

Hi James

Sorry for the delay...

This patch works like a charm!.....

Cheers,
ashok
>
> James
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c
> --- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic79xx_osm.c
> @@ -2326,8 +2326,6 @@ done:
> return (retval);
> }
>
> -static void ahd_linux_exit(void);
> -
> static void ahd_linux_set_width(struct scsi_target *starget, int width)
> {
> struct Scsi_Host *shost = dev_to_shost(starget->dev.parent);
> @@ -2772,7 +2770,7 @@ ahd_linux_init(void)
> if (ahd_linux_detect(&aic79xx_driver_template) > 0)
> return 0;
> spi_release_transport(ahd_linux_transport_template);
> - ahd_linux_exit();
> +
> return -ENODEV;
> }
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
> --- a/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_osm.c
> @@ -2331,8 +2331,6 @@ ahc_platform_dump_card_state(struct ahc_
> {
> }
>
> -static void ahc_linux_exit(void);
> -
> static void ahc_linux_set_width(struct scsi_target *starget, int width)
> {
> struct Scsi_Host *shost = dev_to_shost(starget->dev.parent);
>
>

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Cheers,
Ashok Raj
- Open Source Technology Center