Bug 644926

Summary: calling elevator_change immediately after blk_init_queue results in a null pointer dereference [rhel-6.0.z]
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Benjamin Kahn <bkahn>
Component: kernelAssignee: Frantisek Hrbata <fhrbata>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Storage QE <storage-qe>
Severity: high Docs Contact:
Priority: urgent    
Version: 6.1CC: arozansk, bdonahue, cward, dhoward, fhrbata, jmoyer, jwest, kzhang, msnitzer, plyons, pm-eus, syeghiay
Target Milestone: rcKeywords: TestBlocker, ZStream
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: kernel-2.6.32-71.6.1.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Previously, calling the elevator_change function immediately after the blk_init_queue function resulted in a null pointer dereference. With this update, the null pointer dereference no longer occurs.
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Last Closed: 2010-11-10 19:11:43 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 641408    
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Description Benjamin Kahn 2010-10-20 15:55:04 UTC
This bug has been copied from bug #641408 and has been proposed
to be backported to 6.0 z-stream (EUS).

Comment 3 Frantisek Hrbata 2010-10-20 21:33:00 UTC
in 2.6.32-71.6.1.el6

Comment 5 Barry Donahue 2010-10-26 14:22:06 UTC
SanityOnly. We don't have an s390 tape drive.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2010-11-10 19:11:43 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0842.html

Comment 8 Martin Prpič 2010-11-11 12:06:10 UTC
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    New Contents:
Previously, calling the elevator_change function immediately after the blk_init_queue function resulted in a null pointer dereference. With this update, the null pointer dereference no longer occurs.