From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030471AbcGKI37 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jul 2016 04:29:59 -0400 Received: from smtprelay.restena.lu ([158.64.1.62]:57246 "EHLO smtprelay.restena.lu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751061AbcGKI35 (ORCPT ); Mon, 11 Jul 2016 04:29:57 -0400 Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 10:29:48 +0200 From: Bruno =?UTF-8?B?UHLDqW1vbnQ=?= To: Thorsten Leemhuis Cc: Quinn Tran , Himanshu Madhani , Nicholas Bellinger , qla2xxx-upstream@qlogic.com, "James E.J. Bottomley" , "Martin K. Petersen" , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] qla2xxx: Fix NULL pointer deref in QLA interrupt Message-ID: <20160711102948.4e37a56f@pluto.restena.lu> In-Reply-To: <8fadfa97-370f-7483-e80e-437f5338d3fd@leemhuis.info> References: <20160630170032.6dbaf496@pluto.restena.lu> <94d0470f-7555-8098-b382-a4fdac9b0709@leemhuis.info> <20160711091729.57e67114@pluto.restena.lu> <8fadfa97-370f-7483-e80e-437f5338d3fd@leemhuis.info> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.30; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 11 Jul 2016 09:30:30 +0200 Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > Bruno Prémont wrote on 11.07.2016 09:17: > > On Fri, 8 Jul 2016 09:27:18 +0200 Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > >> Bruno Prémont wrote on 30.06.2016 17:00: > >> > In qla24xx_process_response_queue() rsp->msix->cpuid may trigger NULL > >> > pointer dereference when rsp->msix is NULL: > >> > […] > >> > The affected code was introduced by commit cdb898c52d1dfad4b4800b83a58b3fe5d352edde > >> > (qla2xxx: Add irq affinity notification). > >> > > >> > Only dereference rsp->msix when it has been set so the machine can boot > >> > fine. Possibly rsp->msix is unset because: > >> > [ 3.479679] qla2xxx [0000:00:00.0]-0005: : QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Driver: 8.07.00.33-k. > >> > [ 3.481839] qla2xxx [0000:13:00.0]-001d: : Found an ISP2432 irq 17 iobase 0xffffc90000038000. > >> > [ 3.484081] qla2xxx [0000:13:00.0]-0035:0: MSI-X; Unsupported ISP2432 (0x2, 0x3). > >> > [ 3.485804] qla2xxx [0000:13:00.0]-0037:0: Falling back-to MSI mode -258. > >> > [ 3.890145] scsi host0: qla2xxx > >> > [ 3.891956] qla2xxx [0000:13:00.0]-00fb:0: QLogic QLE2460 - PCI-Express Single Channel 4Gb Fibre Channel HBA. > >> > [ 3.894207] qla2xxx [0000:13:00.0]-00fc:0: ISP2432: PCIe (2.5GT/s x4) @ 0000:13:00.0 hdma+ host#=0 fw=7.03.00 (9496). > >> > [ 5.714774] qla2xxx [0000:13:00.0]-500a:0: LOOP UP detected (4 Gbps). > >> > >> Bruno: Does that mean you actually tested that patch and it fixed the > >> problem for you? It looks like it, but there is some confusion about it; > >> that's one of the reasons why this patch didn't get any further yet > >> afaics, so a quick clarification might help to finally get this fixed > >> properly in mainline and stable. > > Yes, it does fix the Oops for me. > > Thx for the feedback. The patch hit mainline late last week (it's > included in rc7) and should hopefully make it to the stable trees in a > week or two. I got the queued notification from James last week and kept an eye at the state on patchwork before that. > > I did not analyze the reason why rsp->msix is NULL (no idea if > > it remains NULL forever on my hardware) - I just extracted messages > > from qla driver shown during boot which seem to indicate a possible > > reason why msix is NULL. > > Further analysis should be done by someone with better knowledge of qla > > driver than mine though I would be happy to perform tests. > > I have no idea about the details, but in case you missed it, this > discussion might have some more relevant details: > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2247804/focus=2250727 I didn't see that thread, though it does have some insight. Thanks for the reference! Bruno > Cheers, Thorsten