Re: [PATCH] scsi: mpt2sas: mpt2sas_base.c: Fix for possible null pointer dereference

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On Wed, 28 May 2014, Christoph Hellwig wrote:

> > -	ioc_status = le16_to_cpu(mpi_reply->IOCStatus) & MPI2_IOCSTATUS_MASK;
> > +	if (mpi_reply) {
> > +		ioc_status = le16_to_cpu(mpi_reply->IOCStatus) & MPI2_IOCSTATUS_MASK;
> > +	}
> >  
> >  	if (ioc_status != MPI2_IOCSTATUS_SUCCESS)
> >  		ioc->port_enable_failed = 1;
> 
> ioc_status isn't initialized without the reply and used here as well
> as later in the function.  I think we'll need input from LSI or others
> with the spec on what to do when we didn't get a reply.

Any update on this? 

The mpt3 version checks for !mpi_reply and returns 1.  Which leads to 
another question -- should mpt{2,3}sas_port_enable_done ever return 0 (as their 
respective comments describe)?

Regards,

-- Joe
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