This BZ is part of the work to satisfy BZ 233500 - update qla2xxx driver to 8.01.07.04 This patch fixes varius reference counting issues. This code comes from the QLogic standard driver and has been extensively tested by QLogic and a major storage vendor.
Created attachment 158021 [details] patch to fix ref-counting issues in qla2xxx for 4.6
committed in stream U6 build 55.26. A test kernel with this patch is available from http://people.redhat.com/~jbaron/rhel4/
A fix for this issue should have been included in the packages contained in the RHEL4.6 Beta released on RHN (also available at partners.redhat.com). Requested action: Please verify that your issue is fixed to ensure that it is included in this update release. After you (Red Hat Partner) have verified that this issue has been addressed, please perform the following: 1) Change the *status* of this bug to VERIFIED. 2) Add *keyword* of PartnerVerified (leaving the existing keywords unmodified) If this issue is not fixed, please add a comment describing the most recent symptoms of the problem you are having and change the status of the bug to FAILS_QA. If you cannot access bugzilla, please reply with a message to Issue Tracker and I will change the status for you. If you need assistance accessing ftp://partners.redhat.com, please contact your Partner Manager.
A fix for this issue should have been included in the packages contained in the RHEL4.6-Snapshot1 on partners.redhat.com. Requested action: Please verify that your issue is fixed to ensure that it is included in this update release. After you (Red Hat Partner) have verified that this issue has been addressed, please perform the following: 1) Change the *status* of this bug to VERIFIED. 2) Add *keyword* of PartnerVerified (leaving the existing keywords unmodified) If this issue is not fixed, please add a comment describing the most recent symptoms of the problem you are having and change the status of the bug to FAILS_QA. If you cannot access bugzilla, please reply with a message about your test results to Issue Tracker. If you need assistance accessing ftp://partners.redhat.com, please contact your Partner Manager.
A fix for this issue should be included in RHEL4.6-Snapshot2--available soon on partners.redhat.com. Please verify that your issue is fixed to ensure that it is included in this update release. After you (Red Hat Partner) have verified that this issue has been addressed, please perform the following: 1) Change the *status* of this bug to VERIFIED. 2) Add *keyword* of PartnerVerified (leaving the existing keywords unmodified) If this issue is not fixed, please add a comment describing the most recent symptoms of the problem you are having and change the status of the bug to FAILS_QA. If you cannot access bugzilla, please reply with a message about your test results to Issue Tracker. If you need assistance accessing ftp://partners.redhat.com, please contact your Partner Manager.
A fix for this issue should have been included in the packages contained in the RHEL4.6-Snapshot3 on partners.redhat.com. Please verify that your issue is fixed to ensure that it is included in this update release. After you (Red Hat Partner) have verified that this issue has been addressed, please perform the following: 1) Change the *status* of this bug to VERIFIED. 2) Add *keyword* of PartnerVerified (leaving the existing keywords unmodified) If this issue is not fixed, please add a comment describing the most recent symptoms of the problem you are having and change the status of the bug to FAILS_QA. If you cannot access bugzilla, please reply with a message about your test results to Issue Tracker. If you need assistance accessing ftp://partners.redhat.com, please contact your Partner Manager.
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 the 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/RHBA-2007-0791.html