On Thu, 2017-04-27 at 16:51 -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: > @@ -1114,10 +1121,16 @@ static int mtip_exec_internal_command(struct mtip_port *port, > u32 opts, > unsigned long timeout) > { > - struct mtip_cmd_sg *command_sg; > DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(wait); > struct mtip_cmd *int_cmd; > struct driver_data *dd = port->dd; > + struct request *rq; > + struct mtip_int_cmd icmd = { > + .fis_len = fis_len, > + .buffer = buffer, > + .buf_len = buf_len, > + .opts = opts > + }; > int rv = 0; > unsigned long start; > > @@ -1132,6 +1145,8 @@ static int mtip_exec_internal_command(struct mtip_port *port, > dbg_printk(MTIP_DRV_NAME "Unable to allocate tag for PIO cmd\n"); > return -EFAULT; > } > + rq = blk_mq_rq_from_pdu(int_cmd); > + rq->end_io_data = &icmd; > > set_bit(MTIP_PF_IC_ACTIVE_BIT, &port->flags); > > @@ -1158,30 +1173,10 @@ static int mtip_exec_internal_command(struct mtip_port *port, > /* Copy the command to the command table */ > memcpy(int_cmd->command, fis, fis_len*4); > > - /* Populate the SG list */ > - int_cmd->command_header->opts = > - __force_bit2int cpu_to_le32(opts | fis_len); > - if (buf_len) { > - command_sg = int_cmd->command + AHCI_CMD_TBL_HDR_SZ; > - > - command_sg->info = > - __force_bit2int cpu_to_le32((buf_len-1) & 0x3FFFFF); > - command_sg->dba = > - __force_bit2int cpu_to_le32(buffer & 0xFFFFFFFF); > - command_sg->dba_upper = > - __force_bit2int cpu_to_le32((buffer >> 16) >> 16); > - > - int_cmd->command_header->opts |= > - __force_bit2int cpu_to_le32((1 << 16)); > - } > - > - /* Populate the command header */ > - int_cmd->command_header->byte_count = 0; > - > start = jiffies; > > - /* Issue the command to the hardware */ > - mtip_issue_non_ncq_command(port, MTIP_TAG_INTERNAL); > + /* insert request and run queue */ > + blk_execute_rq_nowait(rq->q, NULL, rq, true, NULL); > > /* Wait for the command to complete or timeout. */ > rv = wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(&wait, Hello Jens, What will happen upon timeout? Will the end_io_data pointer be dereferenced if a timeout occurs? Can that cause the completion function to access data on the stack after it has been freed? Bart.