Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] mpt2sas: Refcount fw_events and fix unsafe list usage

From: Nicholas A. Bellinger
Date: Tue Aug 25 2015 - 17:06:22 EST


On Thu, 2015-08-13 at 18:48 -0700, Calvin Owens wrote:
> The fw_event_work struct is concurrently referenced at shutdown, so
> add a refcount to protect it, and refactor the code to use it.
>
> Additionally, refactor _scsih_fw_event_cleanup_queue() such that it
> no longer iterates over the list without holding the lock, since
> _firmware_event_work() concurrently deletes items from the list.
>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Calvin Owens <calvinowens@xxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v4: None
>
> Changes in v3:
> * Add a break condition to the REMOVE_UNRESPONDING_DEVICES fw_event,
> which can loop over a sleep forever (5m+ at least) at unloading. I
> don't think anything prevented this before, but taking the fw_event
> object off the list at the top of _firmware_event_work() seems to have
> made it more likely to happen.
>
> Changes in v2:
> * Squished patches 4-6 into one patch
> * Remove the fw_event from fw_event_list at the start of
> _firmware_event_work()
> * Explicitly seperate fw_event_list removal from fw_event freeing
>
> drivers/scsi/mpt2sas/mpt2sas_scsih.c | 112 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 91 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>

Looks good.

Reviewed-by: Nicholas Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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