Implementing .shutdown method for efa module

Margolin, Michael mrgolin at amazon.com
Wed Apr 3 23:54:10 PDT 2024


Thanks, I'll send a patch.


Michael

On 4/3/2024 6:44 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
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> On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 04:23:32PM +0300, Margolin, Michael wrote:
>> Jason
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>> Thanks for your response, efa_remove() is performing reset to the device
>> which should stop all DMA from the device.
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>> Except skipping cleanups that are unnecessary for shutdown flow are there
>> any other reasons to prefer a separate function for shutdown?
> Yes you should skip "cleanups" like removing the IB device and
> otherwise as there is a risk of system hang/deadlock in a shutdown
> handler context.
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> Jason
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