This problem exists at least from v3.16. The upstream kernel still exists this issue. I have tested my patch and the following panic is disappeared. Thanks, - Alex #dmesg [ 1160.788676] sd 16:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI disk [ 1383.962626] target_core_get_fabric() failed for usb_gadget [ 1404.788910] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x1b, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 1404.858451] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000001f8 [ 1404.858911] IP: [<ffffffffa05ee5d8>] iscsi_target_login_thread+0x728/0x10b0 [iscsi_target_mod] [ 1404.859746] PGD 230c29067 PUD 232060067 PMD 0 [ 1404.859963] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP [ 1404.860154] Modules linked in: crc32c_generic tcm_loop tcm_qla2xxx qla2xxx iscsi_target_mod ib_srpt vhost_scsi vhost tcm_fc libfc scsi_transport_fc scsi_tgt target_core_file target_core_iblock target_core_pscsi target_core_mod configfs nbd vmw_vsock_vmci_transport vsock bridge stp llc vmhgfs(O) snd_ens1371 snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm snd_timer snd vmw_balloon evdev soundcore ac97_bus gameport ppdev pcspkr sg psmouse serio_raw parport_pc vmwgfx parport battery ttm drm_kms_helper drm i2c_piix4 shpchp i2c_core vmw_vmci processor thermal_sys ac button binfmt_misc md_mod ib_iser rdma_cm iw_cm ib_cm ib_sa ib_mad ib_core ib_addr iscsi_tcp libiscsi_tcp libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi hid_generic usbhid hid ext4 crc16 mbcache jbd2 sd_mod crc_t10dif crct10dif_generic crct10dif_common ata_generic [ 1404.861278] mptspi scsi_transport_spi mptscsih ata_piix uhci_hcd ehci_pci ehci_hcd mptbase libata usbcore e1000 usb_common scsi_mod sunrpc dm_mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm_mod autofs4 [ 1404.861742] CPU: 2 PID: 1865 Comm: iscsi_np Tainted: G O 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-1 [ 1404.861868] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VMware Virtual Platform/440BX Desktop Reference Platform, BIOS 6.00 07/02/2015 [ 1404.862033] task: ffff880234c849a0 ti: ffff8800b9c20000 task.ti: ffff8800b9c20000 [ 1404.862114] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa05ee5d8>] [<ffffffffa05ee5d8>] iscsi_target_login_thread+0x728/0x10b0 [iscsi_target_mod] [ 1404.862233] RSP: 0018:ffff8800b9c23e60 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 1404.862282] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff88023125b800 RCX: ffff8802b4d8d000 [ 1404.862344] RDX: 000000000000002d RSI: 00000000fffffe01 RDI: ffff880233ef1800 [ 1404.862406] RBP: ffff8800b9651a00 R08: 00000000d5a073de R09: ffff88023487e6c0 [ 1404.862585] R10: 00000000ead0c2e5 R11: 00000000d039ef6a R12: ffff88023125b854 [ 1404.865580] R13: ffff88023125b908 R14: ffff880233ef1800 R15: ffff880234c849a0 [ 1404.867732] FS: 00007fba67e2fb80(0000) GS:ffff88023e640000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 1404.869772] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b [ 1404.871850] CR2: 00000000000001f8 CR3: 0000000230ffa000 CR4: 00000000000007e0 [ 1404.874271] Stack: [ 1404.877492] ffff88023125b908 00ff880234c849a0 ffff88023125b858 ffff88023481f400 [ 1404.880162] ffffffff81510d00 ffff880230768000 ffff8800b9c23fd8 0000000000012f00 [ 1404.883545] ffff880234c849a0 ffff880233e9da40 ffff88023125b800 ffffffffa05edeb0 [ 1404.885865] Call Trace: [ 1404.888384] [<ffffffff81510d00>] ? __schedule+0x250/0x700 [ 1404.890619] [<ffffffffa05edeb0>] ? iscsi_target_login_sess_out+0x240/0x240 [iscsi_target_mod] [ 1404.892668] [<ffffffff8108809d>] ? kthread+0xbd/0xe0 [ 1404.894646] [<ffffffff81087fe0>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x180/0x180 [ 1404.896553] [<ffffffff81514958>] ? ret_from_fork+0x58/0x90 [ 1404.898556] [<ffffffff81087fe0>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0x180/0x180 [ 1404.900597] Code: 09 00 00 48 89 ea 4c 89 f6 48 89 df e8 52 1b 00 00 85 c0 0f 88 82 02 00 00 0f b6 44 24 0f 4c 89 f7 88 45 09 49 8b 86 d8 04 00 00 <4c> 8b a8 f8 01 00 00 49 8b 86 a0 04 00 00 ff 90 98 00 00 00 41 [ 1404.906962] RIP [<ffffffffa05ee5d8>] iscsi_target_login_thread+0x728/0x10b0 [iscsi_target_mod] [ 1404.908962] RSP <ffff8800b9c23e60> [ 1404.910940] CR2: 00000000000001f8 [ 1404.917670] ---[ end trace d29d8c681ab2bdfb ]--- [ 1419.859690] iSCSI Login timeout on Network Portal 10.182.70.69:3260 [ 1479.832056] iSCSI Login timeout on Network Portal 10.182.70.68:3260 [ 1479.835739] iSCSI Login negotiation failed. [ 1549.332632] iSCSI Login timeout on Network Portal 10.182.70.68:3260 [ 1549.338432] iSCSI Login negotiation failed. [ 1564.358423] iSCSI Login timeout on Network Portal 10.182.70.68:3260 [ 1564.362443] iSCSI Login negotiation failed. 2016-07-12 6:15 GMT+08:00 Feng Li <li.feng@xxxxxxxxxx>: > From: Feng Li <lifeng1519@xxxxxxxxx> > > In MC/S scenario, the conn->sess has been set NULL in > iscsi_login_non_zero_tsih_s1 when the second connection comes here, > then kernel panic. > > The conn->sess will be assigned in iscsi_login_non_zero_tsih_s2. So > we should check whether it's NULL before calling. > > Signed-off-by: Feng Li <lifeng1519@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c | 5 +++-- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c > index b5212f0..adf419f 100644 > --- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c > +++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_login.c > @@ -1371,8 +1371,9 @@ static int __iscsi_target_login_thread(struct iscsi_np *np) > } > login->zero_tsih = zero_tsih; > > - conn->sess->se_sess->sup_prot_ops = > - conn->conn_transport->iscsit_get_sup_prot_ops(conn); > + if (conn->sess) > + conn->sess->se_sess->sup_prot_ops = > + conn->conn_transport->iscsit_get_sup_prot_ops(conn); > > tpg = conn->tpg; > if (!tpg) { > -- > 2.9.0 > -- Thanks and Best Regards, Feng Li(Alex) -- 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