Re: [RFC PATCH] scsi: libsas: fix WARN on device removal

[wangyijing]

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>> The events are not lost.
> 
> In sas_queue_event(), if there is a particular event pending for a port/PHY, we cannot queue further same event types for that port/PHY. I think my colleagues found issue where we try to enqueue multiple complementary events.

Yesï we found this issue in our local tests.

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>> The new problem this patch introduces is
>> delaying sas port deletion where it was previously immediate.  So now
>> we can get into a situation where the port has gone down and can start
>> processing a port up event before the previous deletion work has run.
>>
>>>>
>>>>> And it's a very noisy warning, as in 6K lines on the console when an
>>>>> expander is unplugged.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Does something like this modulate the failure?
>>
>> I'm curious if we simply need to fix the double deletion of the
>> sas_port bsg queue, could you try the changes below?
>>
> 
> No, I just tested it on a root port and we get the same WARN.
> 
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c
>>>> b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c            index
>>>> 60b651bfaa01..11401e5c88ba 100644
>>>>                  --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c
>>>> @@ -262,9 +262,10 @@ static void sas_bsg_remove(struct Scsi_Host
>>>> *shost, struct sas_rphy *rphy
>>>>  {
>>>>         struct request_queue *q;
>>>>
>>>> -       if (rphy)
>>>> +       if (rphy) {
>>>>                 q = rphy->q;
>>>> -       else
>>>> +               rphy->q = NULL;
>>>> +       } else
>>>>                 q = to_sas_host_attrs(shost)->q;
>>>>
>>>>         if (!q)
>>>>
>>>> .
>>>>
>>>
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