On Mon, 2017-10-16 at 11:26 -0700, Madhani, Himanshu wrote: > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c > index 937209805baf..3bd956d3bc5d 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c > @@ -3061,6 +3061,8 @@ qla2x00_probe_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id) > host->max_cmd_len, host->max_channel, host->max_lun, > host->transportt, sht->vendor_id); > > + INIT_WORK(&base_vha->iocb_work, qla2x00_iocb_work_fn); > + > /* Set up the irqs */ > ret = qla2x00_request_irqs(ha, rsp); > if (ret) > @@ -3175,8 +3177,6 @@ qla2x00_probe_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id) > host->can_queue, base_vha->req, > base_vha->mgmt_svr_loop_id, host->sg_tablesize); > > - INIT_WORK(&base_vha->iocb_work, qla2x00_iocb_work_fn); > - > if (ha->mqenable) { > bool mq = false; > bool startit = false; Hello Himanshu, That patch indeed fixes the bug described in the patch description when applied on top of kernel v4.13.7. However, with that patch applied I ran into another bug. Can you have a look? BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000190 IP: qlt_free_session_done+0x172/0x570 [qla2xxx] PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP CPU: 0 PID: 47 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 4.13.7+ #1 Hardware name: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z97X-UD5H/Z97X-UD5H, BIOS F10 08/03/2015 Workqueue: events qlt_free_session_done [qla2xxx] task: ffff9c4bcee94300 task.stack: ffffba99c01d4000 RIP: 0010:qlt_free_session_done+0x172/0x570 [qla2xxx] RSP: 0018:ffffba99c01d7dc8 EFLAGS: 00010046 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9c4bb5c95720 RCX: ffffffffc09174c8 RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffff9c4bb5c95720 RDI: ffff9c4baf7e5ce4 RBP: ffffba99c01d7e50 R08: ffffffffc0903620 R09: ffff9c4bc840e400 R10: ffffba99c01d7db0 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff9c4bc840e400 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff9c4baf7e5000 R15: ffff9c4bc840e4c0 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9c4bdfa00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000190 CR3: 000000040c624000 CR4: 00000000001426f0 Call Trace: ? qlt_unreg_sess+0xfe/0x110 [qla2xxx] ? qla24xx_delete_sess_fn+0x69/0x80 [qla2xxx] process_one_work+0x1d6/0x3d0 worker_thread+0x42/0x3e0 kthread+0x11f/0x140 ? trace_event_raw_event_workqueue_execute_start+0x90/0x90 ? kthread_create_on_node+0x40/0x40 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 Code: 00 00 00 00 41 c7 87 ac 00 00 00 07 00 00 00 83 e0 f9 83 c8 04 41 f6 87 71 ff ff ff 02 41 88 87 70 ff ff ff 48 8b 83 40 04 00 00 <8b> 80 90 01 00 00 41 89 47 4c 74 22 41 8b 87 68 ff ff ff 25 00 RIP: qlt_free_session_done+0x172/0x570 [qla2xxx] RSP: ffffba99c01d7dc8 CR2: 0000000000000190 ---[ end trace 89dee74f51a05258 ]--- (gdb) list *(qlt_free_session_done+0x172) 0x661c2 is in qlt_free_session_done (drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_target.c:1027). 1022 } 1023 1024 sess->disc_state = DSC_DELETED; 1025 sess->fw_login_state = DSC_LS_PORT_UNAVAIL; 1026 sess->deleted = QLA_SESS_DELETED; 1027 sess->login_retry = vha->hw->login_retry_count; 1028 1029 if (sess->login_succ && !IS_SW_RESV_ADDR(sess->d_id)) { 1030 vha->fcport_count--; 1031 sess->login_succ = 0;