[PATCH 5/5] NVMe: IO queue deletion re-write
Keith Busch
keith.busch at intel.com
Sun Jan 3 08:26:25 PST 2016
On Sun, Jan 03, 2016 at 08:17:04AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 03, 2016 at 03:43:31PM +0000, Keith Busch wrote:
> We'd get a reset for both cases, which isn't really what we what.
> I think we should be setting NVME_CTRL_RESETTING before doing a shutdown
> so that errors get reported in line.
We hold a mutex while resetting. The second reset will be stuck there.
> > You'll also need something to end
> > work waiting for a request when more queues exist than admin tags.
>
> It's called the block layer. blk_mq_alloc_request will block until
> the tag is available unless we explicitly request non-blocking behavior.
In the scenario I'm describing you _don't_ want it to succeed in getting
a request. You don't want it to wait indefinitely for one either.
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