Re: [PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: edif: Fix dma_free_coherent() size
From: Greg KH
Date: Mon Jan 12 2026 - 10:01:34 EST
On Mon, Jan 12, 2026 at 03:12:54PM +0100, Markus Elfring wrote:
> > Earlier in the function, the ha->flt buffer is allocated with size
> > sizeof(struct qla_flt_header) + FLT_REGIONS_SIZE but freed in the error
> > path with size SFP_DEV_SIZE.
>
> See also once more:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst?h=v6.19-rc4#n94
>
>
> You should probably not only specify message recipients in the header field “Cc”.
>
>
> …
> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
> > @@ -4489,7 +4489,7 @@ qla2x00_mem_alloc(struct qla_hw_data *ha, uint16_t req_len, uint16_t rsp_len,
> > fail_elsrej:
> > dma_pool_destroy(ha->purex_dma_pool);
> > fail_flt:
> > - dma_free_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, SFP_DEV_SIZE,
> > + dma_free_coherent(&ha->pdev->dev, sizeof(struct qla_flt_header) + FLT_REGIONS_SIZE,
> > ha->flt, ha->flt_dma);
> …
>
> How do you think about to adjust the indentation another bit for the passed parameters?
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst?h=v6.19-rc4#n110
>
> Regards,
> Markus
>
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