Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] nvme-fc: Freeze queues before destroying them

From: Daniel Wagner
Date: Fri Jul 09 2021 - 12:43:01 EST


Hi James,

On Fri, Jul 09, 2021 at 09:14:07AM -0700, James Smart wrote:
> Thanks for the note. that definitely helped follow what is being attempted.
> I also agree with Hannes that the comment from the rdma patch should also be
> present to understand what's going on.

Sure will do. Though this has to wait until I am back from holiday
though :)

> Looking at the patch - this is not done in the same place or manner as rdma.
> Freezing and stoppage is prior to cancelling and that doesn't correspond
> where this was added (this is after all cancellations). We also seem to be
> missing a nvme_sync_io_queues() call in the sequence as well. So I believe
> there's more work to be done on this patch. I'll see what I can do.

Thanks!

> We really need to see about a common layer for transports. So much we do is
> similar. We were ok at the start, but we've drifted apart over time and the
> requirements to the core layer aren't propogating to all transports.

Yes, makes a lot of sense to me to sync the transports implementation a
bit more.

Thanks,
Daniel