nvme-fc unregister remote port

James Smart james.smart at broadcom.com
Thu Jan 18 08:18:28 PST 2018


On 1/18/2018 7:54 AM, Trapp, Darren wrote:
> 	If you're concerned about driver unload or reset paths - where the
>         target is present up to that point, I guess it could be better behaved.
>      	I don't know that it's mandatory as initiator and target have to manage
>      	the surprise removal cases.
>
> Looking at your proposed text for in T11-2017-00419-v001.pdf it will be mandatory:
>
> An initiator NVMe_Port shall perform the following steps to terminate an NVMeoFC association:
>         1) transmit an ABTS-LS (see 11.3) for all open Exchanges for the NVMeoFC association being
>         terminated, except for a Disconnect NVMe_LS Exchange.
>         2) transmit a Disconnect NVMe_LS request to the corresponding target NVMe_Port unless there
>         is no valid login with the associated NVMe_Port. The Disconnect NVMe_LS request, if
>         transmitted, shall contain an Association Identifier descriptor with the Association Identifier of
>         the NVMeoFC association being terminated.

True - but: does deregister mean the target is not there thus the login 
is gone ?   Even with unload, you will be logging out - at what point 
did the logout occur ?

I'll look into whether we can do something to be a bit more graceful for 
the controlled shutdown flows where login can be delayed.

-- james





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