From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: Fw: [BUG] 2.6.17-rc1: SCSI kobject_add problems Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:15:08 -0700 Message-ID: <20060424131508.72bf2f15.akpm@osdl.org> References: <444CE9A6.6030304@sgi.com> <20060424185533.6229EDBA1@gherkin.frus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:51350 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750971AbWDXUQv (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Apr 2006 16:16:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20060424185533.6229EDBA1@gherkin.frus.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Bob Tracy Cc: mdr@sgi.com, andrew.vasquez@qlogic.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Ivan Kokshaysky rct@gherkin.frus.com (Bob Tracy) wrote: > > My "kobject_add failed" issue with 2.6.17-rc1 and -rc2 was a previously > undiscovered code error in the Alpha-specific strncpy() routine. See > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=114555387000005&r=1&w=2 > for the gory details. Ivan Kokshaysky provided the fix, which I hope > has been captured for inclusion in -rc3. I don't have Ivan's strncpy() fix and I don't think it's in mainline either. Ivan, pelase send it over when it's ready?