Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] dm: Avoid use-after-free of a mapped device

2013-03-01 Thread Jun'ichi Nomura
On 02/28/13 22:00, Bart Van Assche wrote: > How about reposting these patches as a performance optimization ? How and when do they improve performance? > With these patches I see a slightly lower latency and slightly higher > throughput. With a dm-linear mapping on top of a RAM disk (brd), a > re

[GIT PULL] Final round of SCSI updates for the 3.8+ merge window

2013-03-01 Thread James Bottomley
This is an assorted set of stragglers into the merge window with driver updates for qla2xxx, megaraid_sas, storvsc and ufs. It also includes pulls of the uapi tree (all the remaining SCSI pieces) and the fcoe tree (updates to fcoe and libfc) The patch is available here: git://git.kernel.org/pub/

Re: [GIT PULL] Final round of SCSI updates for the 3.8+ merge window

2013-03-01 Thread Douglas Gilbert
What is the status of the: - scsi: 64-bit LUN support [v2] - SG_SCSI_RESET ioctl: add no_escalate values [v2] patches? Doug Gilbert -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vg

Re: [GIT PULL] Final round of SCSI updates for the 3.8+ merge window

2013-03-01 Thread Paolo Bonzini
Il 01/03/2013 14:27, Douglas Gilbert ha scritto: > What is the status of the: > - scsi: 64-bit LUN support [v2] > - SG_SCSI_RESET ioctl: add no_escalate values [v2] > > patches? Also: [PATCH v2 00/14] Corrections and customization of the SG_IO command whitelist (CVE-2012-4542) Paolo -- To u

Re: [GIT PULL] Final round of SCSI updates for the 3.8+ merge window

2013-03-01 Thread James Bottomley
On Fri, 2013-03-01 at 08:27 -0500, Douglas Gilbert wrote: > What is the status of the: >- scsi: 64-bit LUN support [v2] It's a big change and too late for this merge window. >- SG_SCSI_RESET ioctl: add no_escalate values [v2] The most recent report says > The results were "interesting"

Re: [GIT PULL] Final round of SCSI updates for the 3.8+ merge window

2013-03-01 Thread Jeremy Linton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 3/1/2013 9:06 AM, James Bottomley wrote: >> The results were "interesting", there are some really strange things that >> happen in some of the LLD error paths. Its obvious that error injection >> is not part of testing many of them, and what at fir

Re: [GIT PULL] Final round of SCSI updates for the 3.8+ merge window

2013-03-01 Thread Bart Van Assche
On 03/01/13 10:19, James Bottomley wrote: This is an assorted set of stragglers into the merge window with driver updates for qla2xxx, megaraid_sas, storvsc and ufs. It also includes pulls of the uapi tree (all the remaining SCSI pieces) and the fcoe tree (updates to fcoe and libfc) Hello Jame

Re: [GIT PULL] Final round of SCSI updates for the 3.8+ merge window

2013-03-01 Thread Douglas Gilbert
On 13-03-01 10:27 AM, Jeremy Linton wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 3/1/2013 9:06 AM, James Bottomley wrote: The results were "interesting", there are some really strange things that happen in some of the LLD error paths. Its obvious that error injection is not part of

[PATCH 0/11] lpfc 8.3.38: Update lpfc to revision 8.3.38

2013-03-01 Thread James Smart
This patch set updates the lpfc driver to revision 8.3.38 The patches for 8.3.38 contain: - Fixed NMI watch dog panic's when resetting the hba. - Fixed degraded performance after cable pulls - Fixed bsg timeout handling issues that would result in crashes - Fixed deadlock condition in FCF round r

[PATCH 1/11] lpfc 8.3.38: Fixed NMI watch dog panic's when resetting the hba.

2013-03-01 Thread James Smart
Fixed NMI watch dog panic's when resetting the hba. Signed-off-by: James Smart --- lpfc_attr.c |2 - lpfc_bsg.c |2 - lpfc_els.c |6 +-- lpfc_hbadisc.c |5 +- lpfc_init.c |1 lpfc_nportdisc.c |1 lpfc_scsi.c |4 +- lpfc_sli.c |

[PATCH 2/11] lpfc 8.3.38: Fixed degraded performance after cable pulls

2013-03-01 Thread James Smart
Fixed degraded performance after cable pulls The service parameters for the VPI/RPIs were incorrect, resulting in lower utilization Signed-off-by: James Smart --- lpfc_crtn.h|1 + lpfc_els.c | 15 +++ lpfc_hbadisc.c |5 + lpfc_hw4.h |3 +++ lpfc_mbo

[PATCH 3/11] lpfc 8.3.38: Fixed bsg timeout handling issues that would result in crashes

2013-03-01 Thread James Smart
Fixed bsg timeout handling issues that would result in crashes Signed-off-by: James Smart --- lpfc_bsg.c | 1107 + 1 file changed, 602 insertions(+), 505 deletions(-) diff -upNr a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_bsg.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/l

[PATCH 5/11] lpfc 8.3.38: Fixed async FCF modified event to in-use FCF failure to trigger recovery

2013-03-01 Thread James Smart
Fixed async FCF modified event to in-use FCF failure to trigger recovery Signed-off-by: James Smart --- lpfc_init.c | 97 ++-- 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-) diff -upNr a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c b/drivers/sc

[PATCH 4/11] lpfc 8.3.38: Fixed deadlock condition in FCF round robin handling

2013-03-01 Thread James Smart
Fixed deadlock condition in FCF round robin handling Signed-off-by: James Smart --- lpfc_hbadisc.c |2 ++ lpfc_sli.c |9 - 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -upNr a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c --- a/drivers/scs

[PATCH 6/11] lpfc 8.3.38: Fixed OXID reuse issue.

2013-03-01 Thread James Smart
Fixed OXID reuse issue. Signed-off-by: James Smart --- lpfc_attr.c |8 +++- lpfc_sli.c |6 -- 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -upNr a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c 2013-02-27 08:

[PATCH 7/11] lpfc 8.3.38: Fixed PT2PT bring up problem for FC SLI4.

2013-03-01 Thread James Smart
Fixed PT2PT bring up problem for FC SLI4. Signed-off-by: James Smart --- lpfc_hbadisc.c | 10 ++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -upNr a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c 2013-02-27 08:

[PATCH 8/11] lpfc 8.3.38: Fixed circular locking dependency and inconsistent lock state issues

2013-03-01 Thread James Smart
Fixed circular locking dependency and inconsistent lock state issues Signed-off-by: James Smart --- lpfc_hbadisc.c | 18 ++ lpfc_init.c|8 lpfc_scsi.c|4 ++-- lpfc_sli.c |8 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff

[PATCH 9/11] lpfc 8.3.38: Fix default value for lpfc_enable_rrq.

2013-03-01 Thread James Smart
Fix default value for lpfc_enable_rrq. Signed-off-by: James Smart --- lpfc_attr.c |2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -upNr a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_attr.c 2013-02-27 08:17:26.095047546 -0500

[PATCH 10/11] lpfc 8.3.38: Fixed potential mis-interpretation of READ_TOPOLOGY reserved fields

2013-03-01 Thread James Smart
Fixed potential mis-interpretation of READ_TOPOLOGY reserved fields Signed-off-by: James Smart --- lpfc_hbadisc.c | 28 +++- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff -upNr a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c --- a/dr

[PATCH 11/11] lpfc 8.3.38: Update lpfc version for 8.3.38 driver release

2013-03-01 Thread James Smart
Update lpfc version for 8.3.38 driver release Signed-off-by: James Smart --- lpfc_version.h |2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -upNr a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_version.h b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_version.h --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_version.h 2013-02-22 14:06:17.