From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
To: linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] nvme: add 'queue_if_no_path' semantics
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:41:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <526fbe54-cbc8-383a-c087-09018ac9b2a8@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <68ca5a63-e6e3-be5a-4b60-bd9db52ac9c1@grimberg.me>
On 3/5/21 9:11 PM, Sagi Grimberg wrote:
>
>> I think what you're showing is a problem for everyone, including
>> fabrics. The namespace was attached to the previously existing
>> subsystem, nvme1, but we didn't find the previously existing "head" to
>> reattach the namespace.
>>
>> I just threw the below together very hastily, so I'm sure there's
>> something wrong with it, but just to capture what's wrong with the
>> current code:
>>
>> ---
>> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
>> index 3833584b5cee..0b3bbbe6d1e8 100644
>> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
>> @@ -3897,8 +3897,6 @@ static void nvme_ns_remove(struct nvme_ns *ns)
>> mutex_lock(&ns->ctrl->subsys->lock);
>> list_del_rcu(&ns->siblings);
>> - if (list_empty(&ns->head->list))
>> - list_del_init(&ns->head->entry);
>
> Not removing it ever from the head->list?
>
>> mutex_unlock(&ns->ctrl->subsys->lock);
>> synchronize_rcu(); /* guarantee not available in head->list */
>> --
>
> This is a problem. beacuse if you don't remove the ns from the
> head->list nothing prevents it from being re-selected as the
> current_path after we synchronize the srcu, although it is going away...
>
You misread the patch.
I'm not skipping the removal from 'head->list', I'm skipping the removal
from 'subsys->nsheads' (which is where 'head->entry' is pointing to).
But I'll be sending an updated patch which clarifies this situation.
Cheers,
Hannes
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-05 12:44 [RFC PATCHv3 0/2] nvme: queue_if_no_path functionality Hannes Reinecke
2020-10-05 12:44 ` [PATCH 1/2] nvme-mpath: delete disk after last connection Hannes Reinecke
2020-10-05 12:50 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-03-05 20:06 ` Sagi Grimberg
2021-03-04 14:34 ` Daniel Wagner
2020-10-05 12:45 ` [PATCH 2/2] nvme: add 'queue_if_no_path' semantics Hannes Reinecke
2020-10-05 12:52 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-10-06 5:48 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-10-06 7:51 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-10-06 8:07 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-10-06 8:27 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-10-06 8:29 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-10-06 8:39 ` Christoph Hellwig
2020-10-06 13:30 ` Hannes Reinecke
2020-10-06 13:45 ` Hannes Reinecke
2021-03-05 20:31 ` Sagi Grimberg
2021-03-08 13:17 ` Hannes Reinecke
2021-03-15 17:21 ` Sagi Grimberg
2020-10-06 17:41 ` Keith Busch
2021-03-05 20:11 ` Sagi Grimberg
2021-03-11 12:41 ` Hannes Reinecke [this message]
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