[PATCH V3 7/8] nvmet-loop: do not alloc admin tag set during reset

[Daniel Wagner]

Hi Maurizio,

On 4/28/26 1:17 PM, Maurizio Lombardi wrote:
> It would be something like this (just a compile tested draft,
> I still need to properly test it, but it should give you an idea):
> 
> 
> nvmet-loop: do not alloc admin tag set during reset
> 
> Currently, resetting a loopback controller unconditionally invokes
> nvme_alloc_admin_tag_set() inside nvme_loop_configure_admin_queue().
> Doing so drops the old queue and allocates a new one. Consequently,
> this reverts the admin queue's timeout (q->rq_timeout) back to the
> module default (NVME_ADMIN_TIMEOUT), completely wiping out any custom
> timeout values the user may have configured via sysfs and potentially
> racing against the sysfs nvme_admin_timeout_store() function
> that may dereference the admin_q pointer during the RESETTING state.
> 
> Decouple the admin tag set lifecycle from the admin queue
> configuration and destruction paths, which are executed during resets;
> Specifically:
> 
> * Move nvme_alloc_admin_tag_set() into nvme_loop_create_ctrl() so it
>    is only allocated once during the initial controller creation.
> 
> * Defer the destruction of the admin tag set to
>    nvme_loop_delete_ctrl_host(), the terminal error-handling
>    paths of nvme_loop_reset_ctrl_work() and
>    nvme_loop_create_ctrl().

This looks way better IMO. So yes please, add use this version.

Thanks,
Daniel