Re: 2.5.67: ppa driver & preempt == oops

Andrew Morton (akpm@digeo.com)
Sat, 12 Apr 2003 14:12:48 -0700


Gert Vervoort <gert.vervoort@hccnet.nl> wrote:
>
> ppa: Version 2.07 (for Linux 2.4.x)
> ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to use EPP 16 bit
> ppa: Communication established with ID 6 using EPP 16 bit
> scsi0 : Iomega VPI0 (ppa) interface
> bad: scheduling while atomic!

This patch should make the warnings go away.

I've been sitting on it for a while, waiting for someone to tell me if the
ppa driver actually works. Perhaps that person is you?

diff -puN drivers/scsi/ppa.c~ppa-null-pointer-fix drivers/scsi/ppa.c
--- 25/drivers/scsi/ppa.c~ppa-null-pointer-fix 2003-03-23 16:08:37.000000000 -0800
+++ 25-akpm/drivers/scsi/ppa.c 2003-03-23 16:09:14.000000000 -0800
@@ -219,13 +219,15 @@ int ppa_detect(Scsi_Host_Template * host
printk(" supported by the imm (ZIP Plus) driver. If the\n");
printk(" cable is marked with \"AutoDetect\", this is what has\n");
printk(" happened.\n");
- spin_lock_irq(hreg->host_lock);
+ if (hreg) /* This is silly */
+ spin_lock_irq(hreg->host_lock);
return 0;
}
try_again = 1;
goto retry_entry;
} else {
- spin_lock_irq(hreg->host_lock);
+ if (hreg) /* And this should be unnecessary */
+ spin_lock_irq(hreg->host_lock);
return 1; /* return number of hosts detected */
}
}

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