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* bad patch in aic7xxx_linux.c
@ 2002-01-09  9:06 Nathan Myers
  2002-01-09  9:20 ` David S. Miller
  2002-01-09 16:22 ` Marcelo Tosatti
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Nathan Myers @ 2002-01-09  9:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: marcelo; +Cc: linux-kernel, deischen

Marcelo,

In patch-2.4.17-pre2, a nonsensical change was made in 
linux/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_linux.c .  While apparently 
harmless, it suggests to me that you had intended to fold in an 
entirely different patch, and "missed".

I don't find a current maintainer for aic7xxx listed in MAINTAINERS.

Nathan Myers
ncm at cantrip dot org

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* Re: bad patch in aic7xxx_linux.c
  2002-01-09  9:06 bad patch in aic7xxx_linux.c Nathan Myers
@ 2002-01-09  9:20 ` David S. Miller
  2002-01-10  7:42   ` Nathan Myers
  2002-01-09 16:22 ` Marcelo Tosatti
  1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: David S. Miller @ 2002-01-09  9:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ncm-nospam; +Cc: marcelo, linux-kernel, deischen

   From: Nathan Myers <ncm-nospam@cantrip.org>
   Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 09:06:28 +0000

   In patch-2.4.17-pre2, a nonsensical change was made in 
   linux/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_linux.c .  While apparently 
   harmless, it suggests to me that you had intended to fold in an 
   entirely different patch, and "missed".
   
Missed?  That patch fixes a lethal bug.

   I don't find a current maintainer for aic7xxx listed in MAINTAINERS.

It's listed in the aic7xxx sources, but the fix in question came to
Marcelo via Jens Axboe.

Franks a lot,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com

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* Re: bad patch in aic7xxx_linux.c
  2002-01-09  9:06 bad patch in aic7xxx_linux.c Nathan Myers
  2002-01-09  9:20 ` David S. Miller
@ 2002-01-09 16:22 ` Marcelo Tosatti
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Marcelo Tosatti @ 2002-01-09 16:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Nathan Myers; +Cc: linux-kernel, deischen



On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Nathan Myers wrote:

> Marcelo,
> 
> In patch-2.4.17-pre2, a nonsensical change was made in 
> linux/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_linux.c .  While apparently 
> harmless, it suggests to me that you had intended to fold in an 
> entirely different patch, and "missed".
> 
> I don't find a current maintainer for aic7xxx listed in MAINTAINERS.

Its not nonsensical: It fixes a critical bug as David pointed out.



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* Re: bad patch in aic7xxx_linux.c
  2002-01-09  9:20 ` David S. Miller
@ 2002-01-10  7:42   ` Nathan Myers
  2002-01-10 17:59     ` Justin T. Gibbs
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Nathan Myers @ 2002-01-10  7:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: axboe, davem

On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 01:20:46AM -0800, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Nathan Myers <ncm-nospam@cantrip.org>
>>    In patch-2.4.18-pre2, a nonsensical change was made in 
>>    linux/drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_linux.c .  While apparently 
>>    harmless, it suggests to me that you had intended to fold in an 
>>    entirely different patch, and "missed".
>    
> Missed?  That patch fixes a lethal bug.

Indeed, I missed that the value was also passed to ahc_linux_map_seg()
before being clobbered in the next statement.  
 
>    I don't find a current maintainer for aic7xxx listed in MAINTAINERS.
> 
> It's listed in the aic7xxx sources, but the fix in question came to
> Marcelo via Jens Axboe.

One can guess, but there are no addresses for anyone noted there later 
than 1999.  In particular, Justin's address isn't listed.

I am interested in hotplugged aic7xxx (1480 CardBus).  I will be posting 
an Oops shortly related to that, unless somebody tells me not to bother.  

Nathan Myers
ncm at cantrip dot org

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* Re: bad patch in aic7xxx_linux.c
  2002-01-10  7:42   ` Nathan Myers
@ 2002-01-10 17:59     ` Justin T. Gibbs
  2002-01-11  2:24       ` David S. Miller
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Justin T. Gibbs @ 2002-01-10 17:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Nathan Myers; +Cc: linux-kernel, axboe, davem

>One can guess, but there are no addresses for anyone noted there later 
>than 1999.  In particular, Justin's address isn't listed.

I monitor this list.  A Yahoo search using my name provides several
hits for my email address.

>I am interested in hotplugged aic7xxx (1480 CardBus).  I will be posting 
>an Oops shortly related to that, unless somebody tells me not to bother.  

Feel free to send me the oops.

--
Justin

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* Re: bad patch in aic7xxx_linux.c
  2002-01-10 17:59     ` Justin T. Gibbs
@ 2002-01-11  2:24       ` David S. Miller
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: David S. Miller @ 2002-01-11  2:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: gibbs; +Cc: ncm-nospam, linux-kernel, axboe

   From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@scsiguy.com>
   Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 10:59:16 -0700

   >One can guess, but there are no addresses for anyone noted there later 
   >than 1999.  In particular, Justin's address isn't listed.
   
   I monitor this list.  A Yahoo search using my name provides several
   hits for my email address.

Your contact information really ought to be up to date in
the sources and linux/MAINTAINERS

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