Re: [PATCH 0/4] scsi: qla2xxx: Convert timers to use timer_setup()

[Kees Cook]

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This breaks out the logical steps to convert the qla2xxx timers:
>
> 1) init_timer() -> setup_timer()
> 2) refactor qla2x00_start_timer() to not pass callback as argument
> 3) qla2x00_timer() to use timer_setup()
> 4) qla2x00_sp_timeout() to use timer_setup()
>
> The resulting diff is identical to the patch that appears to lock up
> the driver. This should help identify which step causes this behavior.

Hi, just curious if there's been any progress on debugging the issue
you saw with this series?

Thanks!

-Kees

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Kees Cook
Pixel Security