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SubjectRe: [PATCH V2] nvme: fix nvme_remove going to uninterruptible sleep for ever
On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 03:28:18PM +0300, Rakesh Pandit wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 01, 2017 at 01:43:38PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 05:23:46PM +0300, Rakesh Pandit wrote:
> > > We can fix user-space triggered set_features higger up e.g. in
> > > nvme_ioctl by putting same check. Introduction of a separate state
> > > NVME_CTRL_SCHED_RESET (being discussed in another thread) has
> > > additional advantage of making sure that only one thread is going
> > > through resetting and eventually through removal (if required) and
> > > solves lot of problems.
> >
> > I think we need the NVME_CTRL_SCHED_RESET state. In fact I'm pretty
> > sure some time in the past I already had it in a local tree as a
> > generalization of rdma and loop already use NVME_CTRL_RESETTING
> > (they set it before queueing the reset work).
> >
> > But I don't fully understand how the NVME_CTRL_SCHED_RESET fix is
> > related to this patch?
>
> They aren't related. Sorry for confusion. I intended to answer
> another thread but instead wrote it here.
>

Also Sagi pointed out that user space set_features ioctl if fired up
in a window after nvme_removal it can also result in this issue seems
to be correct. I would prefer to keep this as it is and introduce
similar check higher up in nvme_ioctrl instead so that we don't send
sync commands if queues are killed already.

Would you prefer a patch ? Thanks,

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