RE: [PATCH 1/2] scsi: fnic: initialize the NVMe local port info before registering

[Karan Tilak Kumar (kartilak)]

On Sunday, August 23, 2026 10:41 AM, Karan Tilak Kumar (kartilak) wrote:
>
> On Sunday, August 23, 2026 10:35 AM, Karan Tilak Kumar (kartilak) wrote:
> >
> > On Wednesday, August 19, 2026 5:13 PM, Linmao Li <lilinmao@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > nvfnic_add_lport() declares struct nvme_fc_port_info on the stack and
> > > fills in four of its five members, leaving dev_loss_tmo holding whatever
> > > the stack happened to contain before the call.  The structure is then
> > > handed to nvme_fc_register_localport().
> > >
> > > nvfnic_add_tport(), which registers the remote port a few lines further
> > > down, memsets its own struct nvme_fc_port_info first, so only the local
> > > port path passes uninitialized data across the transport interface.
> > >
> > > The NVMe/FC transport documents dev_loss_tmo as "Used only on a
> > > remoteport" and does not read it in nvme_fc_register_localport(), so
> > > there is no behavioural change today.  Initialize the structure anyway:
> > > the driver must not depend on which members the transport happens to
> > > consume, and any member added to struct nvme_fc_port_info later would
> > > silently start out as stack garbage.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Linmao Li <lilinmao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_nvme.c | 2 +-
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_nvme.c b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_nvme.c
> > > index b237948dcafdc..00d9d5d439a38 100644
> > > --- a/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_nvme.c
> > > +++ b/drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_nvme.c
> > > @@ -2216,7 +2216,7 @@ int nvfnic_add_tport(struct fnic *fnic, struct fnic_tport_s *tport,
> > >
> > > int nvfnic_add_lport(struct fnic *fnic)
> > > {
> > > -     struct nvme_fc_port_info pinfo;
> > > +     struct nvme_fc_port_info pinfo = {};
> > > struct fnic_iport_s *iport = &fnic->iport;
> > > int ret = 0;
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.25.1
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Thanks for the change, Linmao.
> > It seems simple and straightforward.
> > I'll bundle it up with the other change in our internal testing and get back to you.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Karan
> >
>
> Just realized that you've requested to drop patch 2/2.
> I'll do a build and load of this change and check that nothing's broken.
> I'll get back to you.
>
> Regards,
> Karan
>

Thanks for the change. It looks good.

Tested-by: Karan Tilak Kumar <kartilak@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Karan Tilak Kumar <kartilak@xxxxxxxxx>

Regards,
Karan