<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.5.7653.36"> <TITLE>Patch to lsi rda device handler</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  Hello, Here is the lsi rdac device handler code that was posted: <A HREF="https://www.redhat.com/archives/dm-devel/2008-May/msg00003.html">https://www.redhat.com/archives/dm-devel/2008-May/msg00003.html</A> The following patch is to address a NULL pointer problem in lsi rdac device handler. In function get_rdac_req, after a request is successfully allocated, the area that the cmd pointer points to should be zeroed out. However, the function zeros out the command pointer itself, along with some other adjacent area. This results in NULL pointer dereference when submitting inquiry commands when checking virtual disk ownership during device discovery time. The kernel trace is attached at the end of the message. The change is to zero out the area that the cmd pointer points to, instead of the pointer itself in the allocated request structure. --- scsi_dh_rdac.c.orig 2008-07-17 01:53:10.000000000 -0400 +++ scsi_dh_rdac.c 2008-07-17 01:45:28.000000000 -0400 @@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ return NULL; } - memset(&rq->cmd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB); + memset(rq->cmd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB); rq->sense = h->sense; memset(rq->sense, 0, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE); rq->sense_len = 0; Below is the kernel trace when problem happens, just for reference: Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: In fn rdac_activate Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000000 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: IP: [<ffffffffa051e1d4>] :scsi_dh_rdac:submit_inquiry+0x42/0x8d Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: PGD 0 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: Oops: 0002 [1] SMP Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: CPU 2 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: Modules linked in: scsi_dh_rdac vfat fat autofs4 hidp rfcomm l2cap bluetooth sunrpc iptable_filter ip_tables ip6t_REJECT xt_tcpudp ip6table_filter ip6_tables x_tables ipv6 ib_iser rdma_cm ib_cm iw_cm ib_sa ib_mad ib_core ib_addr iscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi dm_round_robin dm_multipath scsi_dh sbs sbshc battery acpi_memhotplug ac parport_pc lp parport sg usb_storage dcdbas ide_cd_mod cdrom bnx2 serio_raw button rtc_cmos rtc_core rtc_lib i5000_edac shpchp edac_core pcspkr dm_snapshot dm_zero dm_mirror dm_log dm_mod ata_piix libata megaraid_sas mptsas mptscsih scsi_transport_sas mptbase sd_mod scsi_mod ext3 jbd uhci_hcd ohci_hcd ehci_hcd [last unloaded: microcode] Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: Pid: 5741, comm: kmpath_handlerd Not tainted 2.6.26-rc5 #1 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa051e1d4>] [<ffffffffa051e1d4>] :scsi_dh_rdac:submit_inquiry+0x42/0x8d Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: RSP: 0018:ffff81003c511dd0 EFLAGS: 00010246 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 00000000000000af RCX: 0000000000000001 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: RDX: ffff81003c4818b8 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff81003e82eb10 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: RBP: 00000000000000c8 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000005 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: R10: ffff81003a472c15 R11: 000000000000005d R12: ffff81003e82eb10 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost multipathd: mpath2: event checker started Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: R13: ffffffffa051f640 R14: ffff81003956d920 R15: 0000000000000000 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff81003fa5be40(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: CS: 0010 DS: 0018 ES: 0018 CR0: 000000008005003b Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000000201000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: Process kmpath_handlerd (pid: 5741, threadinfo ffff81003c510000, task ffff81003e9329a0) Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: Stack: ffff81003a472c00 ffff81003956d800 ffff81003956d800 ffffffffa051e4db Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: ffff81003e9329a0 ffff81003a472c08 ffff81003d5e67c0 ffffffff808d0700 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: 0000000000000000 ffff81003d5e67c0 ffff81003c511ed0 0000000000000000 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: Call Trace: Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: [<ffffffffa051e4db>] ? :scsi_dh_rdac:rdac_activate+0x70/0x461 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: [<ffffffffa03050f4>] ? :scsi_dh:scsi_dh_activate+0x55/0x9c Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: [<ffffffffa0310327>] ? :dm_multipath:activate_path+0x0/0x16d Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: [<ffffffffa0310352>] ? :dm_multipath:activate_path+0x2b/0x16d Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: [<ffffffffa0310327>] ? :dm_multipath:activate_path+0x0/0x16d Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff8023fed9>] ? run_workqueue+0x7b/0x103 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff80240754>] ? worker_thread+0xd5/0xe0 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff80242f26>] ? autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff8024067f>] ? worker_thread+0x0/0xe0 Jul 10 01:05:52 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff80242df7>] ? kthread+0x47/0x74 Jul 10 01:05:53 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff8022d674>] ? schedule_tail+0x28/0x5d Jul 10 01:05:53 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff8020cb98>] ? child_rip+0xa/0x12 Jul 10 01:05:53 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff80242db0>] ? kthread+0x0/0x74 Jul 10 01:05:53 localhost kernel: [<ffffffff8020cb8e>] ? child_rip+0x0/0x12 Jul 10 01:05:53 localhost kernel: Jul 10 01:05:53 localhost multipathd: mpath0: event checker started Jul 10 01:05:53 localhost kernel: Jul 10 01:05:53 localhost multipathd: mpath13: event checker started Jul 10 01:05:53 localhost kernel: Code: 04 0f 0b eb fe 48 8d 70 75 31 c9 e8 c1 fe ff ff 48 85 c0 48 89 c2 b9 0c 00 00 00 74 52 48 8b 80 e8 00 00 00 b1 01 31 f6 4c 89 e7 <c6> 00 12 48 8b 82 e8 00 00 00 c6 40 01 01 48 8b 82 e8 00 00 00 Jul 10 01:05:53 localhost multipathd: path checkers start up Jul 10 01:05:53 localhost kernel: RIP [<ffffffffa051e1d4>] :scsi_dh_rdac:submit_inquiry+0x42/0x8d Jul 10 01:05:53 localhost multipathd: dm-4: add map (uevent) Jul 10 01:05:53 localhost kernel: RSP <ffff81003c511dd0> Jul 10 01:05:53 localhost multipathd: dm-4: devmap already registered Jul 10 01:05:53 localhost kernel: CR2: 0000000000000000 Jul 10 01:05:53 localhost kernel: ---[ end trace f05af9e56671650e ]--- Jul 10 01:08:52 localhost multipathd: dm-3: add map (uevent) Jul 10 01:08:52 localhost multipathd: dm-3: devmap already registered Jul 10 01:08:52 localhost multipathd: dm-2: remove map (uevent) Jul 10 01:08:52 localhost multipathd: mpath2: map in use Jul 10 01:08:52 localhost multipathd: mpath2: can't flush Jul 10 01:11:52 localhost multipathd: dm-2: add map (uevent) Jul 10 01:11:52 localhost multipathd: dm-2: devmap already registered Please provide any feedback that you may have. Thanks, Yanqing </BODY> </HTML>