The mailbox structure has the data transfer field "xferaddr" as well. > -----Original Message----- > From: Aleks Sheynkman [mailto:aleks@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 3:36 PM > To: Mukker, Atul; linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: megaraid megaraid2-2.10.7 causing kernel panic > > > I'm sorry for asking, but looking at ioctl structure I only > see single data field in both > version. Is there are anyway you can explain about both fields ? > > Thank you , > > Aleks > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mukker, Atul [mailto:Atulm@xxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 12:32 PM > > To: Aleks Sheynkman; Mukker, Atul; linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: RE: megaraid megaraid2-2.10.7 causing kernel panic > > > > > > 1.18f reads the user address from the data field, but the new > > interface > > packet has one data transfer field. So your best bet is to > > provide addresses > > in both fields. > > > > Thanks > > -Atul > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Aleks Sheynkman [mailto:aleks@xxxxxxxxx] > > > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 3:25 PM > > > To: Mukker, Atul; linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > > linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: RE: megaraid megaraid2-2.10.7 causing kernel panic > > > > > > > > > Isn't the same as was before in version megraid1.8f ? > > > > > > Thanks ! > > > > > > Aleks > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Mukker, Atul [mailto:Atulm@xxxxxxxx] > > > > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 12:20 PM > > > > To: Aleks Sheynkman; linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > > > linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: RE: megaraid megaraid2-2.10.7 causing kernel panic > > > > > > > > > > > > Aleks, > > > > > > > > What you are using are undocumented interfaces to issue > > > > commands to the > > > > driver. We do not provide support for these. But you > could easily > > > > reverse-engineer the driver code to see what you are > > doing wrong :-) > > > > > > > > This driver version expects the data transfer address to be > > > > available in the > > > > FW packet transfer address field, which you are not > > > > providing. That mean the > > > > HBA is doing DMA to a junk address causing the bizzare > > > > behaviors observed by > > > > you. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > -Atul Mukker > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Aleks Sheynkman [mailto:aleks@xxxxxxxxx] > > > > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 1:06 PM > > > > To: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Subject: megaraid megaraid2-2.10.7 causing kernel panic > > > > > > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > I'm really sorry to bother you ,and I hope this is a > > > > correct list to post > > > > these kind of messages. I did post a similar message a day > > > ago. We are > > > > currently experiencing problem with a new version of > > megaraid driver > > > > (megaraid2-2.10.7). All our severs in the past were running > > > > RH 7.3 and now > > > > we started migration process AS 2.1 specifically to update > > > > 2.4.9-e.49smp and > > > > dkms megaraid version 2.10.7. After upgrade, all our systems > > > > were stable > > > > until we started to run our hardware monitoring software. > > > > What it does, it > > > > polls the status of all physical and logical driver through > > > > ioctl call. > > > > Please see sample code below that would cause a kernel panic. > > > > The code was > > > > working just fine until version 1.8f version of megaraid > > > drivers, with > > > > introduction of new driver it started to fail and cause > > > > kernel panics, which > > > > kind of inconstant, sometimes it kills kernel swapper > > > > sometimes wait queues. > > > > It seems like ioctl "M_RD_IOCTL_CMD " is totally broken, we > > > > can retrieve > > > > correct number of adapters! > > > > by issuing ioctl suboption MEGAIOC_QNADAP. > > > > > > > > Did any one ever seen this before, can you please advice ? > > > > > > > > Thank you ! > > > > > > > > Code that will panic the kernel, run it few times: > > > > > > > > #include "megaraid.h" > > > > > > > > int main() > > > > { > > > > int fd; > > > > struct uioctl_t uioctl; > > > > > > > > if ( (fd = open("/dev/megadev0", O_RDWR)) < 0 && (fd = > > > > open("/dev/megadev", O_RDWR)) < 0) > > > > return -1; > > > > > > > > uioctl.inlen = 1024; > > > > uioctl.outlen = 1024; > > > > > > > > if(!(uioctl.data = malloc(1024))){ > > > > return 0; > > > > } > > > > memset(uioctl.data, 0, 1024); > > > > > > > > uioctl.ui.fcs.opcode = M_RD_IOCTL_CMD; > > > > uioctl.ui.fcs.subopcode = 0; > > > > uioctl.ui.fcs.adapno = MKADAP(0); > > > > > > > > uioctl.mbox[0] = FC_NEW_CONFIG; > > > > uioctl.mbox[2] = NC_SUBOP_ENQUIRY3; > > > > uioctl.mbox[3] = ENQ3_GET_SOLICITED_FULL; > > > > > > > > if(ioctl(fd, MEGAIOCCMD, &uioctl) == -1){ > > > > fprintf(stderr,"Error %d \n\n", > > > uioctl.ui.fcs.adapno); > > > > fflush(stderr); > > > > free(uioctl.data); > > > > close(fd); > > > > return 0; > > > > } > > > > > > > > close(fd); > > > > return 0; > > > > } > > > > > > > > > > > > Panic: > > > > 1) > > > > ug 31 20:54:03 Analyzer kernel: EIP is at iput_free > [kernel] 0x1e > > > > Aug 31 20:54:03 Analyzer kernel: eax: 2e0001e3 ebx: > > > f6880e40 ecx: > > > > f6880e50 edx: f6880e50 > > > > Aug 31 20:54:03 Analyzer kernel: esi: f6880e40 edi: > > > 00000000 ebp: > > > > 0008e000 esp: f7383f60 > > > > Aug 31 20:54:03 Analyzer kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 > > > > Aug 31 20:54:03 Analyzer kernel: Process kswapd (pid: 10, > > > > stackpage=f7383000) > > > > Aug 31 20:54:03 Analyzer kernel: Stack: f587cb40 f5753b60 > > > > c015a45c f587cb40 > > > > f393c3e0 f6880e40 00000006 c015a41b > > > > Aug 31 20:54:03 Analyzer kernel: f6880e40 f393c3f8 > > > > f393c3e0 c015a806 > > > > f393c3e0 c02fa190 00000286 00000286 > > > > Aug 31 20:54:03 Analyzer kernel: 00000000 f7382000 > > > > 00000000 00000000 > > > > 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 > > > > Aug 31 20:54:03 Analyzer kernel: Call Trace: [dput+28/304] > > > > dput [kernel] > > > > 0x1c (0xf7383f68) > > > > Aug 31 20:54:03 Analyzer kernel: Call Trace: [<c015a45c>] > > > > dput [kernel] 0x1c > > > > (0xf7383f68) > > > > Aug 31 20:54:03 Analyzer kernel: [dentry_iput+75/112] > > > > dentry_iput [kernel] > > > > 0x4b (0xf7383f7c) > > > > Aug 31 20:54:03 Analyzer kernel: [<c015a41b>] dentry_iput > > > > [kernel] 0x4b > > > > (0xf7383f7c) > > > > Aug 31 20:54:03 Analyzer kernel: [prune_dcache+182/336] > > prune_dcache > > > > [kernel] 0xb6 (0xf7383f8c) > > > > > > > > 2)p 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: Oops: 0000 > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: Kernel 2.4.9-e.49smp > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: CPU: 1 > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: EIP: > > > > 0010:[__wake_up+51/144] Tainted: > > > > P > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c01198a3>] > > > > Tainted: P > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: EFLAGS: 00010046 > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: EIP is at __wake_up > [kernel] 0x33 > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: eax: f688800c ebx: > > > f6888014 ecx: > > > > 00000001 edx: 00000000 > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: esi: 00000001 edi: > > > f4c8a880 ebp: > > > > f4f25a94 esp: f4f25a7c > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: Process snmpd (pid: 626, > > > > stackpage=f4f25000) > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: Stack: 00000000 00000282 > > > > 00000001 f4c8a880 > > > > f4c7f040 00000000 f4ec28c0 c01daad9 > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: 00000002 00000026 > > > > f4c7f178 00001060 > > > > 00007fff f4c7f178 c01ff422 f4c7f040 > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: 00000000 c01fe2f4 > > > > f4c7f040 f4c7f178 > > > > ffffffff f4a8f0c0 3a6ade00 00000000 > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: Call Trace: > > > > [sock_def_readable+57/112] > > > > sock_def_readable [kernel] 0x39 (0xf4f25a98) > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: Call Trace: [<c01daad9>] > > > > sock_def_readable > > > > [kernel] 0x39 (0xf4f25a98) > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: [tcp_data_queue+898/2688] > > > > tcp_data_queue > > > > [kernel] 0x382 (0xf4f25ab4) > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: [<c01ff422>] tcp_data_queue > > > > [kernel] 0x382 > > > > (0xf4f25ab4) > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: [tcp_ack+180/784] tcp_ack > > > > [kernel] 0xb4 > > > > (0xf4f25ac0) > > > > Sep 1 18:41:36 Analyzer kernel: [<c01fe2f4>] tcp_ack > > [kernel] 0xb4 > > > > (0xf4f25ac0) > > > > - > > > > 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-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
