the patch below fixes a bootup-crash bug merged via today's SCSI git merge:
commit df3d80f5a5c74168be42788364d13cf6c83c7b9c Merge: 3d06f7a... c8e91b0... Author: Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon Oct 15 08:19:33 2007 -0700 Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi-misc-2.6 ---------------------> Subject: scsi: fix crash in gdth_timeout() From: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> fix the following bootup crash in gdth_timeout(): [ 40.739625] BUG: spinlock bad magic on CPU#1, swapper/1 [ 40.744822] lock: 788a6e40, .magic: 784d8cec, .owner: <none>/-1, .owner_cpu: 2018346022 [ 40.752881] [<78104f2c>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x1a/0x2f [ 40.757994] [<781058d1>] show_trace+0x12/0x14 [ 40.762414] [<781058e9>] dump_stack+0x16/0x18 [ 40.766833] [<782f1683>] spin_bug+0xa1/0xa9 [ 40.771079] [<782f17b0>] _raw_spin_lock+0x1e/0xe4 [ 40.775846] [<78643f9f>] _spin_lock_irqsave+0x53/0x64 [ 40.781461] [<784b224a>] gdth_timeout+0x1c/0xa6 [ 40.786054] [<7812632f>] run_timer_softirq+0x142/0x1a4 [ 40.791254] [<78123fb8>] __do_softirq+0x7b/0xf1 [ 40.795847] [<78105fb8>] do_softirq+0x61/0xc7 [ 40.800267] ======================= the bug is that list_first_entry() assumes a non-empty list. A further problem is probably that the GDTH timer is not stopped by a failed GDTH probe? Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/scsi/gdth.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) Index: linux/drivers/scsi/gdth.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/scsi/gdth.c +++ linux/drivers/scsi/gdth.c @@ -3793,6 +3793,9 @@ static void gdth_timeout(ulong data) gdth_ha_str *ha; ulong flags; + if (list_empty(&gdth_instances)) + return; + ha = list_first_entry(&gdth_instances, gdth_ha_str, list); spin_lock_irqsave(&ha->smp_lock, flags); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/