From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.9 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86121C47404 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 02:29:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58961206C0 for ; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 02:29:36 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=oracle.com header.i=@oracle.com header.b="Duug+yMM" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1732675AbfJJC3f (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Oct 2019 22:29:35 -0400 Received: from aserp2120.oracle.com ([141.146.126.78]:36244 "EHLO aserp2120.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726675AbfJJC3e (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Oct 2019 22:29:34 -0400 Received: from pps.filterd (aserp2120.oracle.com [127.0.0.1]) by aserp2120.oracle.com (8.16.0.27/8.16.0.27) with SMTP id x9A2SdVR046703; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 02:29:33 GMT DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=oracle.com; h=to : cc : subject : from : references : date : in-reply-to : message-id : mime-version : content-type; s=corp-2019-08-05; bh=FNfvGZdgq5lIUJoQDdpUhmnVPaLVwiJ2+grwStiga/g=; b=Duug+yMMeRHswVU2m+GvfufhTf5ZIknDswr5/NN4d0/C/DYeBc5+40NxmpMjSuTT4gqz IjevoryT5aoDlHnj7WiOad6rT8NFtFqPX5bQa7GJtc7ErE5GCOPFy+P8V5vIds6owwaJ MoJYV3rwDRbK2xJsUuGzpuz5eU6sx0HOEXII1a7eV0YoHCpmWtcxDT0aQ4dpXrL5MWJ5 XbeDUK/Bf8I1RV0N/GHEjFmZwMIJy15o0/otCPxPQtyYMUN0pzqFVBIfMGDzsRUr5uVm 0VArNetwQnffgVsTDHxtHUsDhIIwfT5VE2zwkSYPBRvWc7rFHGGugVoR59rgmAdnMmew EA== Received: from aserp3030.oracle.com (aserp3030.oracle.com [141.146.126.71]) by aserp2120.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2vek4qr6tp-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 10 Oct 2019 02:29:32 +0000 Received: from pps.filterd (aserp3030.oracle.com [127.0.0.1]) by aserp3030.oracle.com (8.16.0.27/8.16.0.27) with SMTP id x9A2Rttf008585; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 02:29:32 GMT Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by aserp3030.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2vh8k1wquv-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 10 Oct 2019 02:29:32 +0000 Received: from abhmp0008.oracle.com (abhmp0008.oracle.com [141.146.116.14]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id x9A2TUBr025895; Thu, 10 Oct 2019 02:29:31 GMT Received: from ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com (/10.159.214.123) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 09 Oct 2019 19:29:30 -0700 To: Allen Pais Cc: martin.petersen@oracle.com, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, jejb@linux.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] qla2xxx: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference From: "Martin K. Petersen" Organization: Oracle Corporation References: <1568824618-4366-1-git-send-email-allen.pais@oracle.com> Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 22:29:28 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1568824618-4366-1-git-send-email-allen.pais@oracle.com> (Allen Pais's message of "Wed, 18 Sep 2019 22:06:58 +0530") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1.92 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9405 signatures=668684 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=723 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1908290000 definitions=main-1910100022 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9405 signatures=668684 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1015 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 mlxlogscore=800 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1908290000 definitions=main-1910100022 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Allen, > alloc_workqueue is not checked for errors and as a result, > a potential NULL dereference could occur. Applied to 5.4/scsi-fixes, thanks! -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering