crash when connecting to targets using nr_io_queues < num cpus

Steve Wise swise at opengridcomputing.com
Tue Sep 13 12:43:42 PDT 2016


> > > >>> I think Ming sent a patch for this some time ago... Not sure what
> > > >>> happened with it though...
> > > >>
> > > >> This?
> > > >>
> > > >> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-nvme/2016-June/004884.html
> > > >
> > > > This is indeed the same problem.  I don't have the knoggin to propose a
fix.
> > > > Sagi/Christoph, do you have any ideas on this?  I'm willing to take and
idea
> > > > forward and test it out of you all have any clever ideas.  We should at
> > least
> > > > prevent setting nr_io_queues to a value that will crash immediately when
> > nvmf is
> > > > used...
> > >
> > > I think that Ming and Keith had a few suggestions.
> > >
> > > ++ Keith.
> > >
> >
> > Ming has been silent. :(  Keith, any thoughts on this?
> 
> Sorry, I've also been side tracked. :(
> 
> Offline, I've been reviewing and testing new mappings from Christoph
> and Thomas that should get all the queues assigned. It wasn't developed
> specically for this issue, but it should fix this anyway. I think the
> new mapping is really close to being ready for public consideration,
> but I'll wait for Christoph on that.

Hey Keith,

Sounds good.  I can test any proposed patches...

Thanks,

Steve.




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