The driver load failed with error message, qla2xxx [0000:04:00.0]-ffff:0: register_localport failed: ret=ffffffef and with a kernel crash, BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000070 Workqueue: events_unbound qla_register_fcport_fn [qla2xxx] RIP: 0010:nvme_fc_register_remoteport+0x16/0x430 [nvme_fc] RSP: 0018:ffffaaa040eb3d98 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9dfb46b78c00 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffff9dfb46b78da8 RSI: ffffaaa040eb3e08 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff9dfb612a0a58 R08: ffffffffaf1d6270 R09: 3a34303a30303030 R10: 34303a303030305b R11: 2078787832616c71 R12: ffff9dfb46b78dd4 R13: ffff9dfb46b78c24 R14: ffff9dfb41525300 R15: ffff9dfb46b78da8 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9dfc67c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000070 CR3: 000000018da10004 CR4: 00000000000206f0 Call Trace: qla_nvme_register_remote+0xeb/0x1f0 [qla2xxx] ? qla2x00_dfs_create_rport+0x231/0x270 [qla2xxx] qla2x00_update_fcport+0x2a1/0x3c0 [qla2xxx] qla_register_fcport_fn+0x54/0xc0 [qla2xxx] Exit the qla_nvme_register_remote function when qla_nvme_register_hba fails and correctly validate nvme_local_port. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Nilesh Javali <njavali@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c index a8ddf356e662..8f4cc136a9c9 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_nvme.c @@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ int qla_nvme_register_remote(struct scsi_qla_host *vha, struct fc_port *fcport) return 0; } - if (!vha->nvme_local_port && qla_nvme_register_hba(vha)) + if (qla_nvme_register_hba(vha)) + return 0; + + if (!vha->nvme_local_port) return 0; if (!(fcport->nvme_prli_service_param & -- 2.23.1
