Original code would clear the buffer after the firmware had already been initialized to use the buffer, thus potentially and inadvertantly clearing data previously DMA'd by the firmware. Signed-off-by: Andrew Vasquez <andrew.vasquez@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c index cacfd25..7637fa7 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_init.c @@ -766,6 +766,7 @@ qla2x00_alloc_fw_dump(scsi_qla_host_t *ha) goto cont_alloc; } + memset(tc, 0, EFT_SIZE); rval = qla2x00_enable_eft_trace(ha, tc_dma, EFT_NUM_BUFFERS); if (rval) { qla_printk(KERN_WARNING, ha, "Unable to initialize " @@ -779,7 +780,6 @@ qla2x00_alloc_fw_dump(scsi_qla_host_t *ha) EFT_SIZE / 1024); eft_size = EFT_SIZE; - memset(tc, 0, eft_size); ha->eft_dma = tc_dma; ha->eft = tc; -- 1.5.4.rc3.14.g44397 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html