Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751951Ab0AACqI (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:46:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751815Ab0AACqH (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:46:07 -0500 Received: from netrider.rowland.org ([192.131.102.5]:44538 "HELO netrider.rowland.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751808Ab0AACqG (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:46:06 -0500 Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:46:05 -0500 (EST) From: Alan Stern X-X-Sender: stern@netrider.rowland.org To: Boaz Harrosh cc: James Bottomley , linux-scsi , open-osd , Benny Halevy , Stable Tree , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: [osd-dev] [PATCH] scsi_lib: Bug in completion of bidi commands In-Reply-To: <4B3C586F.8020200@panasas.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 884 Lines: 24 On Thu, 31 Dec 2009, Boaz Harrosh wrote: > James hi. > > What about this BUG. It affects anybody doing bidi commands. The possibilities > are an sglist leak at best, and a crash at worse. > > I understand this code needs cleanup, but first things first. Lets first fix the > bug, which should also go to stable. Then the cleanup can go to next merge window. > > BTW: Should I attempt a cleanup on current code, or should I wait for Alan's Patch > to go in first? What patch of mine are you referring to? So far James has rejected all the patches I have submitted recently. I'm going to try again in the near future... Alan Stern -- 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/