On Sat, Oct 14 2000, David S. Miller wrote:
> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 11:43:09 +0200
> From: Torben Mathiasen <torben@kernel.dk>
>
> David, why is tpnt->proc_name NULL on sparc for devices not
> existing? Every driver has this as part of their tpnt struct, so
> it doesn't matter if the underlying device really exists.
>
> In the mentioned case it would be NULL on all architectures, not just
> Sparc ;-) (it happens on ix86 too, ix86 is different only because it
> does not trap kernel NULL pointer derefences during bootup for some
> odd reason)
>
> Here is what happens:
>
> scsi_register_host()
> tpnt->present = tpnt->detect(tpnt);
> /* tpnt->present is zero since no such adapters were found */
>
> If no hosts are detected the driver is under no obligation to
> initialize the tpnt->proc_name field. For example,
> sym53c8xx.c:sym53c8xx_detect() does not if PCI is not present and this
> is the specific case hit on my SBUS-only workstation :-)
>
> Subsequently scsi_unregister_host() is called for this TPNT and
> this is where the NULL pointer is hit.
>
Ahh, the drivers I looked at all had proc_name as part of their:
define IN2000 {
bla: bla,
proc_name: IN2000,
}
structure. I see your point now.
Are there any reason why sym53c8xx and others initialize proc_name only
if an adapter was actually found (or in the sym case, if a pcibus was
found)?
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