Re: [PATCH-v1 13/22] Fix nvme initiator handling when not enabled.

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On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 09:46:32PM -0700, jsmart2021@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: James Smart <jsmart2021@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Fix nvme initiator handline when CONFIG_LPFC_NVME_INITIATOR is not enabled.
> 
> With update nvme upstream driver sources, loading
> the driver with nvme enabled resulting in this Oops.
> 
>  BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000018
>  IP: lpfc_nvme_update_localport+0x23/0xd0 [lpfc]
>  PGD 0
>  Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
>  CPU: 0 PID: 10256 Comm: lpfc_worker_0 Tainted
>  Hardware name: ...
>  task: ffff881028191c40 task.stack: ffff880ffdf00000
>  RIP: 0010:lpfc_nvme_update_localport+0x23/0xd0 [lpfc]
>  RSP: 0018:ffff880ffdf03c20 EFLAGS: 00010202
> 
> Cause: As the initiator driver completes discovery at different stages,
> it call lpfc_nvme_update_localport to hint that the DID and role may have
> changed.  In the implementation of lpfc_nvme_update_localport, the driver
> was not validating the localport or the lport during the execution
> of the update_localport routine.  With the recent upstream additions to
> the driver, the create_localport routine didn't run and so the localport
> was NULL causing the page-fault Oops.
> 
> Fix: Add the CONFIG_LPFC_NVME_INITIATOR preprocessor inclusions to
> lpfc_nvme_update_localport to turn off all routine processing when
> the running kernel does not have NVME configured.  Add NULL pointer
> checks on the localport and lport in lpfc_nvme_update_localport and
> dump messages if they are NULL and just exit.
> Also one alingment issue fixed.
> Repalces the ifdef with the IS_ENABLED macro.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: James Smart <james.smart@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@xxxxxxx>
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