Re: backport of dma_virt_ops related fixes to 5.10.y kernels

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On Sat, Feb 20, 2021 at 12:08:25AM +0530, Krishnamraju Eraparaju wrote:
> On Friday, February 02/19/21, 2021 at 11:39:04 +0100, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 03:25:12PM +0530, Krishnamraju Eraparaju wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > > 
> > > Below commits needs to be backported to 5.10.y kernels to avoid NULL
> > > pointer deref panic(while trying to access 'numa_node' from NULL
> > > 'dma_device'), @ Line:
> > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/tree/drivers/nvme/host/rdma.c?h=v5.10.17#n863)
> > > 
> > > commit:22dd4c707673129ed17e803b4bf68a567b2731db 
> > > commit:8ecfca68dc4cbee1272a0161e3f2fb9387dc6930
> > 
> > So just these 2 commits?  In which order?
> > 
> > > The panic is observed at nvme host(provider/transport being SoftiWARP),
> > > while perfroming "nvme discover".
> > > 
> > > Hence, please backport the below patch series to '5.10.y' kernel.
> > >  "https://lore.kernel.org/linux-iommu/20201106181941.1878556-1-hch@xxxxxx/";
> > 
> > What are the git commit ids of these patches in Linus's tree and have
> > you tested them to ensure that they work?  Why this 10 patch series and
> > not the 2 above?  Or is this a different request?
> > 
> > confused,
> Hi Greg,
> 
> Sorry for the confusion, I didn't know that I can request for the
> backport of selected patches in a patch series.
> As I don't have much background & testing feasability of other patches,
> I request you to backport only below two patches(same order as below):
> 
> commit#1:8ecfca68dc4cbee1272a0161e3f2fb9387dc6930
> RDMA: Lift ibdev_to_node from rds to common code
> author:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> 
> commit#2:22dd4c707673129ed17e803b4bf68a567b2731db
> nvme-rdma: Use ibdev_to_node instead of dereferencing ->dma_device
> author:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> 
> And I belive these two patches has no dependency with other patches in
> the series. I've tested, it's working fine.

Now queued up, thanks.

greg k-h



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