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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