Re: [Kernel 2.5] Qlogic 2x00 driver

GrandMasterLee
2002-10-17T03:36:54Z

On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 22:11, Andrew Vasquez wrote:
...
> > Does this mean that 6.01 will NOT work either? What drivers will be
> > affected? We've already made the move to remove LVM from the mix, but
> > your comments above give me some doubt as to how definite it is, that
> > the stack clobbering will be fixed by doing so.
> >

I was asking because We crashed, while using this driver, AND LVM.

> The 6.x series driver basically branched from the 5.x series driver.
> Changes made, many moons ago, are already in the 6.x series driver.
> To quell your concerns, yes, stack overflow is not an issue with the
> 6.x series driver.
>
> I believe if we are to get anywhere regarding this issue, we need to
> shift focus from stack corruption in early versions of the driver.

In this way, you mean, that it is not an issue since you guys don't try
to use LVM.

> > > IAC, I believe the support tech working with MasterLee had asked
> > > for additional information regarding the configuration as well as
> > > some basic logs. Ideally we'd like to setup a similiar configuration
> > > in house and see what's happening...
> >
> > In-house?
> >
> Sorry, short introduction, Andrew Vasquez, Linux driver development at
> QLogic.

Nice to meet ya. :)

> > Just curious. What can "I" do to know if our configuration
> > won't get broken, just by removing LVM? TIA.
> >
> I've personally never used LVM before, so I cannot even begin to
> attempt to answer your question --

We've removed LVM from the config, per Michael's issue and
recommendation, but I'm just scared that we *could* see this issue with
XFS and Qlogic. Since you're saying the 6.01 has no stack clobbering
issues, then is it XFS, LVM and Qlogic?

> please work with the tech on this
> one, if it's a driver problem, we'd like to fix it.

I'm going to try, but we've got to get up and in production ASAP. Since
it takes *days* to cause the crash, I don't know how I can cause it and
get the stack dump.

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> Andrew
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