Re: [PATCH v2] nvme: update keep alive interval when kato is modified

[Sagi Grimberg]

On 8/23/21 10:44 PM, sasaki tatsuya wrote:
> Currently the connection between host and NVMe-oF target gets
> disconnected by keep-alive timeout when a user connects to a target
> with a relatively large kato value and then sets the smaller kato
> with a set features command (e.g. connects with 60 seconds kato value
> and then sets 10 seconds kato value).
>
> The cause is that keep alive command interval on the host, which is
> defined as unsigned int kato in nvme_ctrl structure, does not follow
> the kato value changes.
>
> This patch updates the keep alive interval in the following steps when
> the kato is modified by a set features command: stops the keep alive
> work queue, then sets the kato as new timer value and re-start the queue.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tatsuya Sasaki <tatsuya6.sasaki@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes since v1:
> - Add nvme_update_keep_alive to update keep alive timer in core routine.
> - Add nvme_user_cmd_post to call nvme_update_keep_alive in ioctl.c
>
>   drivers/nvme/host/core.c  | 12 ++++++++++++
>   drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>   drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h  |  1 +
>   3 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> index dfd9dec0c1f6..76f0ee431b11 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
> @@ -1263,6 +1263,18 @@ static void nvme_start_keep_alive(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
>   	nvme_queue_keep_alive_work(ctrl);
>   }
>   
> +void nvme_update_keep_alive(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned int new_kato)
> +{
> +	dev_info(ctrl->device,
> +		 "keep alive commands interval on the host is updated from %u ms to %u ms\n",
> +		 ctrl->kato * 1000 / 2, new_kato * 1000 / 2);
> +
> +	nvme_stop_keep_alive(ctrl);
> +	ctrl->kato = new_kato;
> +	nvme_start_keep_alive(ctrl);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_update_keep_alive);
> +
>   void nvme_stop_keep_alive(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
>   {
>   	if (unlikely(ctrl->kato == 0))
> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
> index 305ddd415e45..79006bfb5537 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/ioctl.c
> @@ -187,6 +187,22 @@ static bool nvme_validate_passthru_nsid(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl,
>   	return true;
>   }
>   
> +static void nvme_user_cmd_post(struct nvme_passthru_cmd *cmd,
> +			       struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * Keep alive commands interval on the host should be updated
> +	 * when KATO is modified by Set Features commands.
> +	 */
> +	if (cmd->opcode == nvme_admin_set_features &&
> +	    (cmd->cdw10 & 0xFF) == NVME_FEAT_KATO) {
> +		/* ms -> s */

no need for this comment.

> +		unsigned int new_kato = DIV_ROUND_UP(cmd->cdw11, 1000);
> +
> +		nvme_update_keep_alive(ctrl, new_kato);

I think you can now inline nvme_update_keep_alive here, no need to keep
it in a function.