Hi Kees, > On Oct 31, 2017, at 11:28 AM, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > How very strange. I don't see any code change with this patch. Even > the passed arguments are the same; it's only enforcing the types now. > And the system is fine with only this patch reverted? Yes. Agree patch looks okay, but with the patch built into driver I see system going into infinite loop of trying to bring link up and lock up after few minutes, Only way to recover is hard reboot. I reverted this patch after system boot up and rebuild qla2xxx and able to load driver. Thanks, - Himanshu