James, Request you to reject this patch. Instead I posted different patch with subject " [PATCH] [SCSI] mpt2sas : Fix unsafe using smp_processor_id() in preemptible" which will fix this issue. Regards, Nagalakshmi -----Original Message----- From: linux-scsi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-scsi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nandigama, Nagalakshmi Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:27 AM To: Alex Shi; JBottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [PATCH] scsi/mpt2sas: fix unsafe preempt setting for ioc This patch seem to be fine. Please consider this patch as Acked-by: "Nandigama, Nagalakshmi" <Nagalakshmi.Nandigama@xxxxxxx> Regards, Nagalakshmi -----Original Message----- From: Alex Shi [mailto:alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 11:50 AM To: JBottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Nandigama, Nagalakshmi; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PATCH] scsi/mpt2sas: fix unsafe preempt setting for ioc commit 911ae943 add a new function: +_base_get_msix_index(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc) +{ + return ioc->cpu_msix_table[smp_processor_id()]; +} Here smp_processor_id() need be used in preempt safe condition. but caller did not give this assurance. So fix this in caller. Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c | 6 ++++++ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c index a78036f..55a368e 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_base.c @@ -1803,6 +1803,7 @@ mpt2sas_base_put_smid_scsi_io(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 smid, u16 handle) u64 *request = (u64 *)&descriptor; + preempt_disable(); descriptor.SCSIIO.RequestFlags = MPI2_REQ_DESCRIPT_FLAGS_SCSI_IO; descriptor.SCSIIO.MSIxIndex = _base_get_msix_index(ioc); descriptor.SCSIIO.SMID = cpu_to_le16(smid); @@ -1810,6 +1811,7 @@ mpt2sas_base_put_smid_scsi_io(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 smid, u16 handle) descriptor.SCSIIO.LMID = 0; _base_writeq(*request, &ioc->chip->RequestDescriptorPostLow, &ioc->scsi_lookup_lock); + preempt_enable(); } @@ -1849,6 +1851,7 @@ mpt2sas_base_put_smid_default(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 smid) Mpi2RequestDescriptorUnion_t descriptor; u64 *request = (u64 *)&descriptor; + preempt_disable(); descriptor.Default.RequestFlags = MPI2_REQ_DESCRIPT_FLAGS_DEFAULT_TYPE; descriptor.Default.MSIxIndex = _base_get_msix_index(ioc); descriptor.Default.SMID = cpu_to_le16(smid); @@ -1856,6 +1859,7 @@ mpt2sas_base_put_smid_default(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 smid) descriptor.Default.DescriptorTypeDependent = 0; _base_writeq(*request, &ioc->chip->RequestDescriptorPostLow, &ioc->scsi_lookup_lock); + preempt_enable(); } /** @@ -1873,6 +1877,7 @@ mpt2sas_base_put_smid_target_assist(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 smid, Mpi2RequestDescriptorUnion_t descriptor; u64 *request = (u64 *)&descriptor; + preempt_disable(); descriptor.SCSITarget.RequestFlags = MPI2_REQ_DESCRIPT_FLAGS_SCSI_TARGET; descriptor.SCSITarget.MSIxIndex = _base_get_msix_index(ioc); @@ -1881,6 +1886,7 @@ mpt2sas_base_put_smid_target_assist(struct MPT2SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 smid, descriptor.SCSITarget.IoIndex = cpu_to_le16(io_index); _base_writeq(*request, &ioc->chip->RequestDescriptorPostLow, &ioc->scsi_lookup_lock); + preempt_enable(); } /** -- 1.7.5.4 -- 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 -- 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