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Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] Fixes for memory corruption in mpt2sas

From "Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@linux-iscsi.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] Fixes for memory corruption in mpt2sas
Date 2015-08-25 23:30 +0200
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On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 18:48 -0700, Calvin Owens wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> This patchset attempts to address problems we've been having with
> panics due to memory corruption from the mpt2sas driver.
> 
> Thanks,
> Calvin
> 
> 
> [PATCH v4 1/2] mpt2sas: Refcount sas_device objects and fix unsafe list
> [PATCH v4 2/2] mpt2sas: Refcount fw_events and fix unsafe list usage
> 
> Total diffstat:
>  drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.h      |  22 +-
>  drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c     | 592 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_transport.c |  12 +-
>  3 files changed, 451 insertions(+), 175 deletions(-)
> 
> Diff showing changes v3 => v4:
> 	http://jcalvinowens.github.io/stuff/mpt2sas-patchset-v3v4.patch
> 
> Diff showing changes v2 => v3:
> 	http://jcalvinowens.github.io/stuff/mpt2sas-patchset-v2v3.patch
> 
> Diff showing changes v1 => v2:
> 	http://jcalvinowens.github.io/stuff/mpt2sas-patchset-v1v2.patch
> --

(Adding JEJB CC')

James, please considering pick this up for v4.3-rc1.

Btw, I'm seeing the same type of issues on mpt3sas, and unless someone
at Avago is already working on a similar patch series, I'll end up
forward porting these to mpt3sas code.

Thank you,

--nab

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Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] Fixes for memory corruption in mpt2sas "Nicholas A. Bellinger" <nab@linux-iscsi.org> - 2015-08-25 23:30 +0200

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