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+From: Gerald Schaefer <geraldsc@de.ibm.com>
+Subject: zfcp: invalid return value on failing fsf_req creation
+References: bnc#450096
+
+Symptom: I/O stops unrecoverably
+Problem: An ERR_PTR is returned where a NULL value is expected
+Solution: Fix the two instances
+
+Acked-by: John Jolly <jjolly@suse.de>
+---
+ drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c | 8 ++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+Index: linux-sles11/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
+===================================================================
+--- linux-sles11.orig/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
++++ linux-sles11/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
+@@ -932,8 +932,10 @@ struct zfcp_fsf_req *zfcp_fsf_abort_fcp_
+ goto out;
+ req = zfcp_fsf_req_create(adapter, FSF_QTCB_ABORT_FCP_CMND,
+ req_flags, adapter->pool.fsf_req_abort);
+- if (IS_ERR(req))
++ if (IS_ERR(req)) {
++ req = NULL;
+ goto out;
++ }
+
+ if (unlikely(!(atomic_read(&unit->status) &
+ ZFCP_STATUS_COMMON_UNBLOCKED)))
+@@ -2448,8 +2450,10 @@ struct zfcp_fsf_req *zfcp_fsf_send_fcp_c
+ goto out;
+ req = zfcp_fsf_req_create(adapter, FSF_QTCB_FCP_CMND, req_flags,
+ adapter->pool.fsf_req_scsi);
+- if (IS_ERR(req))
++ if (IS_ERR(req)) {
++ req = NULL;
+ goto out;
++ }
+
+ req->status |= ZFCP_STATUS_FSFREQ_TASK_MANAGEMENT;
+ req->data = unit;