RE: [PATCH] mpt3sas: Don't overreach ioc->reply_post[] during initialization

Chaitra Basappa
2016-03-22T10:05:58Z

Martin,
This patch is being reviewed , we shall get back with reviews by
tomorrow.

Thanks,
Chaitra

-----Original Message-----
From: Martin K. Petersen [mailto:martin.petersen@oracle.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 6:00 AM
To: Calvin Owens
Cc: Sathya Prakash; Chaitra P B; Suganath Prabu Subramani; James E.J.
Bottomley; Martin K. Petersen; MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@broadcom.com;
linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org;
kernel-team@fb.com; Sreekanth Reddy
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mpt3sas: Don't overreach ioc->reply_post[] during
initialization

>>>>> "Calvin" == Calvin Owens <calvinowens@fb.com> writes:

Calvin> In _base_make_ioc_operational(), we walk ioc->reply_queue_list
Calvin> and pull a pointer out of successive elements of
Calvin> ioc->reply_post[] for each entry in that list if RDPQ is
Calvin> enabled.

Calvin> Since the code pulls the pointer for the next iteration at the
Calvin> bottom of the loop, it triggers the a KASAN dump on the final
Calvin> iteration:

Broadcom folks, please review.