Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757119AbYCMURS (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:17:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753792AbYCMURC (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:17:02 -0400 Received: from accolon.hansenpartnership.com ([76.243.235.52]:48944 "EHLO accolon.hansenpartnership.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753260AbYCMURA (ORCPT ); Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:17:00 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH ver3] isd200: Allocate sense_buffer for hacked up scsi_cmnd From: James Bottomley To: Andrew Morton Cc: Boaz Harrosh , stern@rowland.harvard.edu, mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net, svens@stackframe.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp In-Reply-To: <20080313130112.22c0776f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <47D7F5A3.9010004@panasas.com> <1205340884.2941.112.camel@localhost.localdomain> <47D80D60.3060006@panasas.com> <47D810C9.90309@panasas.com> <20080313130112.22c0776f.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:16:53 -0500 Message-Id: <1205439413.2893.49.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-3.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1948 Lines: 56 On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 13:01 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:20:09 +0200 > Boaz Harrosh wrote: > > > > > Since the separation of sense_buffer from scsi_cmnd, Drivers that hack their > > own struct scsi_cmnd like here isd200, must also take care of their own > > sense_buffer. > > > > Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh > > --- > > drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c | 5 ++++- > > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c > > index 4f2d143..971d13d 100644 > > --- a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c > > +++ b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c > > @@ -1470,6 +1470,7 @@ static void isd200_free_info_ptrs(void *info_) > > if (info) { > > kfree(info->id); > > kfree(info->RegsBuf); > > + kfree(info->srb.sense_buffer); > > } > > } > > > > @@ -1495,7 +1496,9 @@ static int isd200_init_info(struct us_data *us) > > kzalloc(sizeof(struct hd_driveid), GFP_KERNEL); > > info->RegsBuf = (unsigned char *) > > kmalloc(sizeof(info->ATARegs), GFP_KERNEL); > > - if (!info->id || !info->RegsBuf) { > > + info->srb.sense_buffer = > > + kmalloc(SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE, GFP_KERNEL); > > + if (!info->id || !info->RegsBuf || !info->srb.sense_buffer) { > > isd200_free_info_ptrs(info); > > kfree(info); > > retStatus = ISD200_ERROR; > > I've thoroughly lost the plot here. Don't worry ... that's why life gave us SCSI maintainers ... > Is this needed in 2.6.25? If so, why? Yes. Because the changes that separate the sense buffer from the commmand allocation which cause this bug went in in the merge window for 2.6.25 James -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/