CVS commit: src

[Scott Reynolds <scottr%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    src
Committed By:   scottr
Date:           Mon Sep 14 05:49:21 UTC 1998

Modified Files:
        src/sys/dev/scsipi: scsipi_base.c scsipiconf.h
Log Message:
Fix a problem uncovered when we started to use the pool allocator to manage
scsipi_xfer structures.

When scsipi_execute_xs() calls the driver's scsi_cmd function, it assumes
that it can still dereference a pointer to the scsipi_xfer struct.  Since
scsipi_done() has already been called, which in turn has called
scsipi_free_xs(), the struct has already been returned the structure to
the pool!  In other words, xs->flags has been compromised, but we are still
testing it.

These changes resolve the problem by doing the following:

- In scsipi_execute_xs(), if the hardware driver's scsi_cmd function
returns SUCCESSFULLY_QUEUED, set a new flag (SCSI_ASYNCREQ) in xs->flags.
Since the request will be handled asynchronously, we will need the
scsipi_xfer struct to be freed in scsipi_done().

If the hardware driver's scsi_cmd function returns COMPLETE, we now
simply return any actual errors, or 0 if none occurred.  (Previously,
we may have returned EJUSTRETURN, of which the sole effect was to
avoid freeing the scsipi_xfer struct in our caller.)

- In scsipi_done(), only free the scsipi_xfer struct for async requests.
The contents of the struct will otherwise remain valid until the
function that initiated the transfer frees it.

With this change, responsibility for freeing the struct now lies in two
places, depending on the type of the request:

- For synchronous requests, the routine calling scsipi_execute_xs()
must clean up.

- For asynchronous requests, scsipi_done() cleans up (as it always has).

[Note:  this change also corrects a problem with sddump():  scsipi_done()
was attempting to return a static scsipi_xfer struct to the pool!  Since
dumps are performed synchronously, we now handle this correctly.]

This solution was provided by Jason Thorpe, after I got him to look at
some related (but insufficient) attempts of my own.