Re: [PATCH 3/3] ib_srp: Fix a deadlock

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On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 12:37:43PM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 2/15/22 10:51, Leon Romanovsky wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 10:26:50AM -0800, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> > > diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
> > > index 2db7429b42e1..8e1561a6d325 100644
> > > +++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/srp/ib_srp.c
> > > @@ -4044,12 +4044,10 @@ static void srp_remove_one(struct ib_device *device, void *client_data)
> > >   		mutex_lock(&host->target_mutex);
> > >   		list_for_each_entry(target, &host->target_list, list)
> > >   			srp_queue_remove_work(target);
> > > +		list_for_each_entry(target, &host->target_list, list)
> > > +			flush_work(&target->tl_err_work);
> > 
> > Sorry for my silly question, but why do you do flush and not cancel
> > here? You anyway remove SRP device, so the result of flush is not
> > really important, am I right?
> 
> That's a great question. It probably doesn't matter much whether
> flush_work() or cancel_work_sync() is called in this context since
> srp_queue_remove_work() indirectly cancels tl_err_work. See also the
> following code in srp_remove_target():
>  	cancel_work_sync(&target->tl_err_work);

If it is already canceled then why call flush?

Jason



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