From: FUJITA Tomonori scsi_cmnd->cmnd was changed from a static array to a pointer post 2.6.25. It breaks mega_internal_command(): static int mega_internal_command(adapter_t *adapter, megacmd_t *mc, mega_passthru *pthru) { ... scb = &adapter->int_scb; memset(scb, 0, sizeof(scb_t)); scmd = &adapter->int_scmd; memset(scmd, 0, sizeof(Scsi_Cmnd)); sdev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct scsi_device), GFP_KERNEL); scmd->device = sdev; scmd->device->host = adapter->host; scmd->host_scribble = (void *)scb; scmd->cmnd[0] = MEGA_INTERNAL_CMD; mega_internal_command() uses scsi_cmnd allocated internally so scmd->cmnd is NULL here. This patch adds a static array for cdb to adapter_t and uses it here. This also uses scsi_allocate_command/scsi_free_command, the recommended way to allocate struct scsi_cmnd since the driver might use sense_buffer in struct scsi_cmnd. Addresses http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11792 Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori Reviewed-by: Boaz Harrosh Tested-by: Pascal Terjan Reported-by: Pascal Terjan Cc: "Yang, Bo" Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- drivers/scsi/megaraid.c | 11 ++++++++--- drivers/scsi/megaraid.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/scsi/megaraid.c~megaraid-fix-mega_internal_command-oops drivers/scsi/megaraid.c --- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c~megaraid-fix-mega_internal_command-oops +++ a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.c @@ -4402,6 +4402,10 @@ mega_internal_command(adapter_t *adapter scb_t *scb; int rval; + scmd = scsi_allocate_command(GFP_KERNEL); + if (!scmd) + return -ENOMEM; + /* * The internal commands share one command id and hence are * serialized. This is so because we want to reserve maximum number of @@ -4412,12 +4416,11 @@ mega_internal_command(adapter_t *adapter scb = &adapter->int_scb; memset(scb, 0, sizeof(scb_t)); - scmd = &adapter->int_scmd; - memset(scmd, 0, sizeof(Scsi_Cmnd)); - sdev = kzalloc(sizeof(struct scsi_device), GFP_KERNEL); scmd->device = sdev; + memset(adapter->int_cdb, 0, sizeof(adapter->int_cdb)); + scmd->cmnd = adapter->int_cdb; scmd->device->host = adapter->host; scmd->host_scribble = (void *)scb; scmd->cmnd[0] = MEGA_INTERNAL_CMD; @@ -4456,6 +4459,8 @@ mega_internal_command(adapter_t *adapter mutex_unlock(&adapter->int_mtx); + scsi_free_command(GFP_KERNEL, scmd); + return rval; } diff -puN drivers/scsi/megaraid.h~megaraid-fix-mega_internal_command-oops drivers/scsi/megaraid.h --- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.h~megaraid-fix-mega_internal_command-oops +++ a/drivers/scsi/megaraid.h @@ -888,8 +888,8 @@ typedef struct { u8 sglen; /* f/w supported scatter-gather list length */ + unsigned char int_cdb[MAX_COMMAND_SIZE]; scb_t int_scb; - Scsi_Cmnd int_scmd; struct mutex int_mtx; /* To synchronize the internal commands */ struct completion int_waitq; /* wait queue for internal _