Re: [PATCH 1/5] ibmvfc: add basic FPIN support

From: Dave Marquardt

Date: Thu May 07 2026 - 18:22:36 EST


Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 4/8/26 10:07 AM, Dave Marquardt via B4 Relay wrote:
>> From: Dave Marquardt <davemarq@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> - Add FPIN event descriptor
>> - Add congestion cleared status
>> - Add code to handle basic FPIN async event
>> - Add KUnit tests
>
> You need a more detailed description of your changes here for the commit log body.
>
> You will also need a signed off tag from yourself for this to even be merged.

Odd. I used b4 to prepare the patch set, and it should have added a
Signed-off-by: tag. I'll double check it next round.

> https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/submitting-patches.html
>
>> ---
>> drivers/scsi/Kconfig | 10 ++
>> drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/Makefile | 1 +
>> drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c | 189 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>> drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.h | 9 ++
>> drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc_kunit.c | 95 ++++++++++++++++++
>> 5 files changed, 302 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> <snip>
>
>> +static struct fc_els_fpin *
>> +ibmvfc_common_fpin_to_desc(u8 fpin_status, __be64 wwpn, __be16 modifier,
>> + __be32 period, __be32 threshold, __be32 event_count)
>> +{
>> + struct fc_fn_peer_congn_desc *pdesc;
>> + struct fc_fn_congn_desc *cdesc;
>> + struct fc_fn_li_desc *ldesc;
>> + struct fc_els_fpin *fpin;
>> + size_t size;
>> +
>> + size = ibmvfc_fpin_size_helper(fpin_status);
>> + if (size == 0)
>> + return NULL;
>> +
>> + fpin = kzalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
>
> This appears to be called by ibmvfc_handle_async() with runs in atomic context
> and cannot therefore sleep. This allocation needs to be GFP_ATOMIC. Although
> there is another issue below that might make this moot.

Noted. As to the problem below, once this is moved to running in a work
queue worker thread, this can stay as is.

>> + if (fpin == NULL)
>> + return NULL;
>> +
>> + fpin->fpin_cmd = ELS_FPIN;
>> +
>> + switch (fpin_status) {
>> + case IBMVFC_AE_FPIN_CONGESTION_CLEARED:
>> + case IBMVFC_AE_FPIN_LINK_CONGESTED:
>> + fpin->desc_len = cpu_to_be32(sizeof(struct fc_fn_congn_desc));
>> + cdesc = (struct fc_fn_congn_desc *)fpin->fpin_desc;
>> + cdesc->desc_tag = cpu_to_be32(ELS_DTAG_CONGESTION);
>> + cdesc->desc_len = cpu_to_be32(FC_TLV_DESC_LENGTH_FROM_SZ(*cdesc));
>> + if (fpin_status == IBMVFC_AE_FPIN_CONGESTION_CLEARED)
>> + cdesc->event_type = cpu_to_be16(FPIN_CONGN_CLEAR);
>> + else
>> + cdesc->event_type = cpu_to_be16(FPIN_CONGN_DEVICE_SPEC);
>> + cdesc->event_modifier = modifier;
>> + cdesc->event_period = period;
>> + cdesc->severity = FPIN_CONGN_SEVERITY_WARNING;
>> + break;
>> + case IBMVFC_AE_FPIN_PORT_CONGESTED:
>> + case IBMVFC_AE_FPIN_PORT_CLEARED:
>> + fpin->desc_len = cpu_to_be32(sizeof(struct fc_fn_peer_congn_desc));
>> + pdesc = (struct fc_fn_peer_congn_desc *)fpin->fpin_desc;
>> + pdesc->desc_tag = cpu_to_be32(ELS_DTAG_PEER_CONGEST);
>> + pdesc->desc_len = cpu_to_be32(FC_TLV_DESC_LENGTH_FROM_SZ(*pdesc));
>> + if (fpin_status == IBMVFC_AE_FPIN_PORT_CLEARED)
>> + pdesc->event_type = cpu_to_be16(FPIN_CONGN_CLEAR);
>> + else
>> + pdesc->event_type = cpu_to_be16(FPIN_CONGN_DEVICE_SPEC);
>> + pdesc->event_modifier = modifier;
>> + pdesc->event_period = period;
>> + pdesc->detecting_wwpn = cpu_to_be64(0);
>> + pdesc->attached_wwpn = wwpn;
>> + pdesc->pname_count = cpu_to_be32(1);
>> + pdesc->pname_list[0] = wwpn;
>> + break;
>> + case IBMVFC_AE_FPIN_PORT_DEGRADED:
>> + fpin->desc_len = cpu_to_be32(sizeof(struct fc_fn_li_desc));
>> + ldesc = (struct fc_fn_li_desc *)fpin->fpin_desc;
>> + ldesc->desc_tag = cpu_to_be32(ELS_DTAG_LNK_INTEGRITY);
>> + ldesc->desc_len = cpu_to_be32(FC_TLV_DESC_LENGTH_FROM_SZ(*ldesc));
>> + ldesc->event_type = cpu_to_be16(FPIN_LI_UNKNOWN);
>> + ldesc->event_modifier = modifier;
>> + ldesc->event_threshold = threshold;
>> + ldesc->event_count = event_count;
>> + ldesc->detecting_wwpn = cpu_to_be64(0);
>> + ldesc->attached_wwpn = wwpn;
>> + ldesc->pname_count = cpu_to_be32(1);
>> + ldesc->pname_list[0] = wwpn;
>> + break;
>> + default:
>> + /* This should be caught above. */
>> + kfree(fpin);
>> + fpin = NULL;
>> + break;
>> + }
>> +
>> + return fpin;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/**
>> + * ibmvfc_basic_fpin_to_desc(): allocate and populate a struct fc_els_fpin struct
>> + * containing a descriptor.
>> + * @ibmvfc_fpin: Pointer to async crq
>> + *
>> + * Allocate a struct fc_els_fpin containing a descriptor and populate
>> + * based on data from *ibmvfc_fpin.
>> + *
>> + * Return:
>> + * NULL - unable to allocate structure
>> + * non-NULL - pointer to populated struct fc_els_fpin
>> + */
>> +static struct fc_els_fpin *
>> +/*XXX*/ibmvfc_basic_fpin_to_desc(struct ibmvfc_async_crq *crq)
>
> What is with this /*XXX*/? I can't find it once I apply the patchset so I assume
> its removed in a later patch, but it should be removed here.

An artifact I missed in squashing commits. Thanks for pointing it out.

>> +{
>> + return ibmvfc_common_fpin_to_desc(crq->fpin_status, crq->wwpn,
>> + cpu_to_be16(0),
>> + cpu_to_be32(IBMVFC_FPIN_DEFAULT_EVENT_PERIOD),
>> + cpu_to_be32(IBMVFC_FPIN_DEFAULT_EVENT_THRESHOLD),
>> + cpu_to_be32(1));
>> +}
>> +
>> /**
>> * ibmvfc_handle_async - Handle an async event from the adapter
>> * @crq: crq to process
>> * @vhost: ibmvfc host struct
>> *
>> **/
>> -static void ibmvfc_handle_async(struct ibmvfc_async_crq *crq,
>> - struct ibmvfc_host *vhost)
>> +VISIBLE_IF_KUNIT void ibmvfc_handle_async(struct ibmvfc_async_crq *crq,
>> + struct ibmvfc_host *vhost)
>> {
>> const struct ibmvfc_async_desc *desc = ibmvfc_get_ae_desc(be64_to_cpu(crq->event));
>> struct ibmvfc_target *tgt;
>> + struct fc_els_fpin *fpin;
>>
>> ibmvfc_log(vhost, desc->log_level, "%s event received. scsi_id: %llx, wwpn: %llx,"
>> " node_name: %llx%s\n", desc->desc, be64_to_cpu(crq->scsi_id),
>> @@ -3269,11 +3422,37 @@ static void ibmvfc_handle_async(struct ibmvfc_async_crq *crq,
>> case IBMVFC_AE_HALT:
>> ibmvfc_link_down(vhost, IBMVFC_HALTED);
>> break;
>> + case IBMVFC_AE_FPIN:
>> + if (!crq->scsi_id && !crq->wwpn && !crq->node_name)
>> + break;
>> + list_for_each_entry(tgt, &vhost->targets, queue) {
>> + if (crq->scsi_id && cpu_to_be64(tgt->scsi_id) != crq->scsi_id)
>> + continue;
>> + if (crq->wwpn && cpu_to_be64(tgt->ids.port_name) != crq->wwpn)
>> + continue;
>> + if (crq->node_name && cpu_to_be64(tgt->ids.node_name) != crq->node_name)
>> + continue;
>> + if (!tgt->rport)
>> + continue;
>> + fpin = ibmvfc_basic_fpin_to_desc(crq);
>> + if (fpin) {
>> + fc_host_fpin_rcv(tgt->vhost->host,
>> + sizeof(*fpin) +
>> + be32_to_cpu(fpin->desc_len),
>> + (char *)fpin, 0);
>
> This call to fc_host_fpin_rcv() appears to be problematic as it assumes no locks
> are held, but ibmvfc_handle_async() is called with the scsi host lock held. We
> already do a lot more work than we probaly should in our interrupt handler. I
> think we maybe need to pass the FPIN work off to a workqueue instead to be
> handled in process context instead.

Agreed. I'm working on adding a work queue for offloading this FPIN
processing.

-Dave