[PATCH v8 6/9] scsi: ibmvfc: extend channel reg/dereg helpers for async sub-CRQ

From: Dave Marquardt via B4 Relay

Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 15:30:20 EST


From: Dave Marquardt <davemarq@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

ibmvfc_register_channel() and ibmvfc_deregister_channel() previously only
handled indexed sub-CRQ channels drawn from the channels->scrqs[] array.
The async sub-CRQ (vhost->async_sub_crq) had no registration path through
these helpers, requiring separate handling.

Extend both functions to accept a negative index as a sentinel value
signalling that the async sub-CRQ should be operated on instead of an
indexed scrq entry. When index < 0, the queue pointer is set to
&vhost->async_sub_crq, the IRQ is named "ibmvfc-<addr>-async", and the
handler is set to ibmvfc_interrupt_async_subq rather than the per-protocol
ibmvfc_interrupt_mq handler. hwq_id assignment is skipped for the async
queue since it has no meaningful hardware queue index.

Stopped marking ibmvfc_interrupt_async_subq as __maybe_unused.

Error messages in both paths are updated to distinguish async sub-CRQ
failures from indexed sub-CRQ failures. Kernel-doc headers are added to
both functions documenting the negative-index convention.

Signed-off-by: Dave Marquardt <davemarq@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 70 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c
index 2e5f4c4c55e2..1c660edcf608 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c
@@ -4418,7 +4418,7 @@ static void ibmvfc_drain_async_subq(struct ibmvfc_queue *scrq)
* @scrq_instance: async subq
*
**/
-static irqreturn_t __maybe_unused ibmvfc_interrupt_async_subq(int irq, void *scrq_instance)
+static irqreturn_t ibmvfc_interrupt_async_subq(int irq, void *scrq_instance)
{
struct ibmvfc_queue *scrq = (struct ibmvfc_queue *)scrq_instance;

@@ -6808,13 +6808,29 @@ static int ibmvfc_init_crq(struct ibmvfc_host *vhost)
return retrc;
}

+/**
+ * ibmvfc_register_channel - Register a sub-CRQ channel with the hypervisor
+ * @vhost: ibmvfc host struct
+ * @channels: ibmvfc channels struct containing the channel array and protocol
+ * @index: index into the channels array for the queue to register, or
+ * a negative value to register the async sub-CRQ
+ *
+ * Register a sub-CRQ with the hypervisor via h_reg_sub_crq, map its hardware
+ * IRQ to a Linux IRQ, and bind an interrupt handler to it. The handler is
+ * selected based on the channel protocol (SCSI or NVMe) for normal queues, or
+ * set to the async sub-CRQ handler when @index is negative.
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ * 0 on success / non-zero on failure
+ **/
static int ibmvfc_register_channel(struct ibmvfc_host *vhost,
struct ibmvfc_channels *channels,
int index)
{
struct device *dev = vhost->dev;
struct vio_dev *vdev = to_vio_dev(dev);
- struct ibmvfc_queue *scrq = &channels->scrqs[index];
+ bool is_async = index < 0;
+ struct ibmvfc_queue *scrq = !is_async ? &channels->scrqs[index] : &vhost->async_sub_crq;
int rc = -ENOMEM;

ENTER;
@@ -6834,36 +6850,49 @@ static int ibmvfc_register_channel(struct ibmvfc_host *vhost,

if (!scrq->irq) {
rc = -EINVAL;
- dev_err(dev, "Error mapping sub-crq[%d] irq\n", index);
+ if (!is_async)
+ dev_err(dev, "Error mapping sub-crq[%d] irq\n", index);
+ else
+ dev_err(dev, "Error mapping async sub-crq irq\n");
goto irq_failed;
}

- switch (channels->protocol) {
- case IBMVFC_PROTO_SCSI:
- snprintf(scrq->name, sizeof(scrq->name), "ibmvfc-%x-scsi%d",
- vdev->unit_address, index);
- scrq->handler = ibmvfc_interrupt_mq;
- break;
- case IBMVFC_PROTO_NVME:
- snprintf(scrq->name, sizeof(scrq->name), "ibmvfc-%x-nvmf%d",
- vdev->unit_address, index);
- scrq->handler = ibmvfc_interrupt_mq;
- break;
- default:
- dev_err(dev, "Unknown channel protocol (%d)\n",
- channels->protocol);
- goto irq_failed;
+ if (!is_async) {
+ switch (channels->protocol) {
+ case IBMVFC_PROTO_SCSI:
+ snprintf(scrq->name, sizeof(scrq->name), "ibmvfc-%x-scsi%d",
+ vdev->unit_address, index);
+ scrq->handler = ibmvfc_interrupt_mq;
+ break;
+ case IBMVFC_PROTO_NVME:
+ snprintf(scrq->name, sizeof(scrq->name), "ibmvfc-%x-nvmf%d",
+ vdev->unit_address, index);
+ scrq->handler = ibmvfc_interrupt_mq;
+ break;
+ default:
+ dev_err(dev, "Unknown channel protocol (%d)\n",
+ channels->protocol);
+ goto irq_failed;
+ }
+ } else {
+ snprintf(scrq->name, sizeof(scrq->name), "ibmvfc-%x-async",
+ vdev->unit_address);
+ scrq->handler = ibmvfc_interrupt_async_subq;
}

rc = request_irq(scrq->irq, scrq->handler, 0, scrq->name, scrq);

if (rc) {
- dev_err(dev, "Couldn't register sub-crq[%d] irq\n", index);
+ if (!is_async)
+ dev_err(dev, "Couldn't register sub-crq[%d] irq\n", index);
+ else
+ dev_err(dev, "Couldn't register async sub-crq irq\n");
irq_dispose_mapping(scrq->irq);
goto irq_failed;
}

- scrq->hwq_id = index;
+ if (!is_async)
+ scrq->hwq_id = index;

LEAVE;
return 0;
@@ -6877,13 +6906,26 @@ static int ibmvfc_register_channel(struct ibmvfc_host *vhost,
return rc;
}

+/**
+ * ibmvfc_deregister_channel - Deregister a sub-CRQ channel with the hypervisor
+ * @vhost: ibmvfc host struct
+ * @channels: ibmvfc channels struct containing the sub-CRQ array
+ * @index: index into the sub-CRQ array, or -1 to deregister the
+ * asynchronous sub-CRQ
+ *
+ * Frees the IRQ, disposes of the IRQ mapping, and calls H_FREE_SUB_CRQ to
+ * release the sub-CRQ with the hypervisor. On success the queue message
+ * buffer is zeroed and the current index is reset. If H_FREE_SUB_CRQ fails,
+ * an error is logged but the channel resources are cleaned up regardless.
+ */
static void ibmvfc_deregister_channel(struct ibmvfc_host *vhost,
struct ibmvfc_channels *channels,
int index)
{
struct device *dev = vhost->dev;
struct vio_dev *vdev = to_vio_dev(dev);
- struct ibmvfc_queue *scrq = &channels->scrqs[index];
+ bool is_async = index < 0;
+ struct ibmvfc_queue *scrq = !is_async ? &channels->scrqs[index] : &vhost->async_sub_crq;
long rc;

ENTER;
@@ -6897,8 +6939,13 @@ static void ibmvfc_deregister_channel(struct ibmvfc_host *vhost,
scrq->cookie);
} while (rc == H_BUSY || H_IS_LONG_BUSY(rc));

- if (rc)
- dev_err(dev, "Failed to free sub-crq[%d]: rc=%ld\n", index, rc);
+ if (rc) {
+ if (!is_async)
+ dev_err(dev, "Failed to free sub-crq[%d]: rc=%ld\n",
+ index, rc);
+ else
+ dev_err(dev, "Failed to free async sub-crq: rc=%ld\n", rc);
+ }

/* Clean out the queue */
memset(scrq->msgs.crq, 0, PAGE_SIZE);

--
2.55.0