[EXT] Re: [PATCH v2] nvme-fc: initialize nvme fc ctrl ops

[Nilesh Javali]

Niklas and Martin,

Thank you very much for the pointers.

Thanks,
Nilesh

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen at oracle.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 10:34 PM
> To: Nilesh Javali <njavali at marvell.com>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>; martin.petersen at oracle.com; linux-
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> Subject: Re: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v2] nvme-fc: initialize nvme fc ctrl ops
> 
> 
> Hi Nilesh!
> 
> > The 6.3/scsi-staging or 6.3/scsi-queue branches are still at
> > 6.2.0-rc1.  That could be the reason we hit the NVMe discovery NULL
> > pointer dereference issue.  Any plans to pull the below commit to
> > 6.3/scsi-staging or 6.3/scsi-queue branches.  Or am I missing
> > something here.
> 
> Except in very rare circumstances, the SCSI submission trees stay at
> -rc1 forever. I generally don't bring in stuff from other trees to avoid
> problems if those trees subsequently have to rebase.
> 
> It sounds like you should be testing either linux-next or maybe a local
> ephemeral integration branch featuring the various topic areas that are
> important to you (SCSI fixes + staging, block, NVMe).
> 
> --
> Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering