> On Tue, Dec 04, 2018 at 03:30:11PM +0530, Kashyap Desai wrote: > > Problem statement : > > Whenever try to get outstanding request via scsi_host_find_tag, > > block layer will return stale entries instead of actual outstanding > > request. Kernel panic if stale entry is inaccessible or memory is > > reused. > > Fix : > > Undo request mapping in blk_mq_put_driver_tag nce request is return. > > > > More detail : > > Whenever each SDEV entry is created, block layer allocate separate tags > > and static requestis.Those requests are not valid after SDEV is deleted > > from the system. On the fly, block layer maps static rqs to rqs as below > > from blk_mq_get_driver_tag() > > > > data.hctx->tags->rqs[rq->tag] = rq; > > > > Above mapping is active in-used requests and it is the same mapping > > which > > is referred in function scsi_host_find_tag(). > > After running some IOs, “data.hctx->tags->rqs[rq->tag]” will have some > > entries which will never be reset in block layer. > > However, if rq & rq->tag is valid, data.hctx->tags->rqs[rq->tag] should > have pointed to one active request instead of the stale one, right? Yes that is my understanding and learning from this issue. Side note - At driver load whenever driver does scsi_add_host_with_dma(), it follows below code path in block layer. scsi_mq_setup_tags ->blk_mq_alloc_tag_set -> blk_mq_alloc_rq_maps -> __blk_mq_alloc_rq_maps SML create two set of request pool. One is per HBA and other is per SDEV. I was confused why SML creates request pool per HBA. > > Thanks, > Ming