Kernel panic while booting because of third party module hpdsa

Issue

• Kernel panics while booting in function drvr_get_raid_resource_info.
• This happens immediately after the initialization of the hpdsa driver.
• Below or similar traces are observed:

[4.818976] i8842: Can't read CTR while initializing i8842
[4.771838] ioremap error for 8x788cf B88-8x788d1888
[4.771611] oremap error for 8x788cf888-8x788d1808, requested 8x18, got 8x8
[4.777849] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at  (null)
[4.777583] IP: [<ffffffffc81898e3>] drvr get_raid_resource info.8x233/Bxbc8 [hpdsa]
[4.777324] PGD0
[4.777465] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP
[4.777706] Modules linked in: mgag200(+) i2c_alog_bit_drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops ttm drm crt10dif_pclmul crct10dif_common_bnx2x(+) qla2xxx(+) crc32c_intel
hpdsa(POE+) i2c_core scsi_transport_fc mdio libcrc32c ptp scsi_tgt pps_core dm mirror dm_region_hash dm_log dm mod
[4.788688] CPU: 2 PID: 469 Comm: systemd-udevd Tainted: P         W OE  -------------- 3.10.0-693.11.6.el7.x86_64 #1
[4.781396] Hardware name: HP ProLiant BL468c Gen9, BIOS 136 82/17/2817
[4.781847] task: ffff883ffba44f 18ti: ffff883ffbb2c808 task.ti: ffff883ffbb2c808
[4.782358] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffc818e3>] [<ffffffffc81898e3>] drvr_get_raid_resource_info+8x233/8xbc8 [hpdsa]
[4.783252] RSP 8018:ffff883ffbb2f8d8 EFLAGS: 00818282
[4.7835881 RAX: 8000880800880880 RBX:ffffffffc829bc80 RCX: 8800000880888086
[4.784044] RDX: 8000880800000000 RSI 0000000000000000 RDI: 0800080000080089
[4.784512] RBP: ffff883ff bb2f 998 R88: 8000008808080181 R89: 8808088888888088
[4.784998] R10: 00000000000005ac R11: ffff883ffbb2f49e R12: θ880000000000000
[4.785485] R13: 00088880080880081 R14: 8000808808088081 R15: 8808088888888082
[4.785956] FS: 80007efceab858c8 (8008) GS:ffff881fffa88000 (0000) kn1GS:0008000000800800
[4.786499] CS: 8018 DS: 8080 ES: 8080 CRB: 8000080880858033
[4.786893] CR2: 8000880800000800 CR3: 0000003ffbb26880 CR4: 08000800003687e8
[4.787367] DRO: 0000888808088880 DR1: 8000008808088080 DR2: 8808088888888088
[4.787852] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffeerre DR7: 0880000000000400
[4.788523] [<ffffffff811c26fe>] map um area+8x2e/Bx40
[4.789131] [<ffffffffcBBecc>] ?e HAL_API_Init+8x3e/8x588 [hpdsa]
[4.789794] [<ffffffffc18>] OS_byte_allocate+8x188/8x328 [hpdsa]
[4.798465] [<ffffffffc813e5ba>] mem alloc+8x28a/8x268 [hpdsa]
[4.791168] [<ffffffffc8Bc2628>] cli show_trace_mask_categories+8x18/8x18 [hpdsa]
[4.791976] [<ffffffffc8ba11f>] cli_register+8x2f/Bx88 [hpdsa]
[4.792631] [<ffffffffcB12f4ec>] raid_application_def ine 8xc8x518 [hpdsa]
[4.793131] [<ffffffff8188c5d9>]? vprintk_default+8x29/8x40
[4.793551] ffffffff8169fee6 printk+8x5d/8x74
[4.793908] [<ffffffff811e1816>] ?kmem cachealloctrace +0x1d6/0200
[4.794618] [<ffffffffcB441>] hpdsa_init_raidstack+8xB4/Bx238 [hpdsa]
[4.795366] [<ffffffffc8Bae588>] hpdsa init raidstack+8xic8/8x238 [hpdsa]
[4.79681] [<ffffffffcb787>] hpdsa ctlr_init one+8x4a7/Bx998 [hpdsa]
[4.796561] [<ffffffff8136cbd5>] local_pci_probe+8x45/BxaB
[4.796965] [<ffffffff8136dd89>] pci device_probe+8x189/8x168
[4.811319] [<ffffffff8141d92>] driver_probe_device 8xc2/8x3e
[4.825986] [<ffffffff81442183>] driver attach+8x93/Bxab
[4.848985] [<ffffffff814428f8>]device attach+8x48/8x48
[4.856322] [<ffffffff8143f963>] bus_for_each dev+8x73/BxcB
[4.871655] [<ffffffff8144178e>] driver_attach+@x1e/8x20