Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] scsi:iscsi: handle iscsi_cls_conn device with sysfs correctly

[Wenchao Hao <haowenchao@huawei.com>]

On 2022/3/10 9:57, Wenchao Hao wrote:
> We found a NULL pointer dereference in iscsi_sw_tcp_conn_get_param(),
> the root reason is we did sysfs addition wrong.
> 
> The origin implement do device setup in iscsi_create_conn() which
> bind the alloc/init and add in one function; do device teardown in
> iscsi_destroy_conn() which bind remove and free in one function.
> 
> This implement makes it impossible to initialize resources of device
> before add it to sysfs during setup.
> 
> So this patchset splict both the setup and teradown of iscsi_cls_conn to
> 2 steps.
> 
> For setup flow, we should call iscsi_alloc_conn() and initialize some
> resources, then call iscsi_add_conn().
> 
> For teradown flow, we should call iscsi_remove_conn() to remove device
> and free resources which related to iscsi_cls_conn, then call
> iscsi_put_conn() to free iscsi_cls_conn.
> 

Friendly ping...

> V2 -> V3:
>    * Fix some bugs and optimization the code implement.
> 
> V1 -> V2:
>    * add two more iscsi_free_conn() and iscsi_remove_conn() than V1
>    * change the teardown flow of iscsi_cls_conn
> 
> Wenchao Hao (3):
>    scsi: iscsi: Add helper functions to manage iscsi_cls_conn
>    scsi:libiscsi: Add iscsi_cls_conn to sysfs after been initialized
>    scsi:libiscsi: teradown iscsi_cls_conn gracefully
> 
>   drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c             | 23 +++++---
>   drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c | 90 +++++++++++++++--------------
>   include/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.h |  5 +-
>   3 files changed, 66 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
>