Re: [PATCH] NTB: ntb_transport: Free MWs in ntb_transport_link_cleanup()

From: Logan Gunthorpe
Date: Mon Jan 07 2019 - 20:16:13 EST




On 06/01/19 08:12 PM, Joey Zhang wrote:
> If NTB peer host crashes or reboots, the NTB transport link will be
> down and the MWs of NTB transport will be invalid. But the
> ntb_transport_link_cleanup() does not free these invalid MWs. When
> the NTB peer host is recovered later, NTB transport link will be
> up and the ntb_set_mw() will not reset up MWs. Because the MWs of
> NTB transport are invalid, the NTB transport will not work.
>
> We can fix it by freeing MWs when NTB transport link is down, then
> the ntb_set_mw() will reset up MWs when NTB transport link is up.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joey Zhang <joey.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Looks ok to me.

Reviewed By: Logan Gunthorpe <logang@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c | 3 +++
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
> index 3bfdb45..6e8902d 100644
> --- a/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
> +++ b/drivers/ntb/ntb_transport.c
> @@ -862,6 +862,9 @@ static void ntb_transport_link_cleanup(struct ntb_transport_ctx *nt)
> if (!nt->link_is_up)
> cancel_delayed_work_sync(&nt->link_work);
>
> + for (i = 0; i < nt->mw_count; i++)
> + ntb_free_mw(nt, i);
> +
> /* The scratchpad registers keep the values if the remote side
> * goes down, blast them now to give them a sane value the next
> * time they are accessed
>