Hello James, > I noticed this version does only build here on kernel 4.18. I pushed the > required changes for kernel 4.19 to my repository [1]. this patch [1] is required on 32 bit to fix WARNING: "__udivdi3" [efct.ko] undefined! It seems v2 contains some regressions: My simple setup triggered this [ 167.858868] efct:efct_hw_cb_link:8556:[fc0] :Link Up, NPORT, speed is 16000 [ 167.862576] efct:efct_els_req_send:96:[fc0] :send efct_send_flogi [ 167.862796] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000035c [ 167.862805] *pde = 00000000 [ 167.862813] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI [ 167.862822] CPU: 1 PID: 2707 Comm: efct:0:0 Tainted: G O 4.19.0-rc2-2.g0d9481c-default #1 openSUSE Tumbleweed (unreleased) [ 167.862829] Hardware name: FUJITSU SIEMENS ESPRIMO E /D2164-A1, BIOS 5.00 R1.10.2164.A1 05/08/2006 [ 167.862856] EIP: efct_send_flogi_p2p_acc+0x25/0x1d0 [efct] [ 167.862863] Code: 97 f8 eb da 90 3e 8d 74 26 00 55 89 e5 57 56 53 8b 42 08 89 d3 89 ce 8b 00 85 c0 74 0d f6 80 18 03 00 00 02 0f 85 2b 01 00 00 <ff> 35 5c 03 00 00 68 3c d7 97 f8 e8 cb 63 18 e0 c7 05 5c 03 00 00 [ 167.862873] EAX: f2ec0000 EBX: ec3c8000 ECX: 00001802 EDX: ec3c8000 [ 167.862878] ESI: 00001802 EDI: ec3c8400 EBP: eb61fd4c ESP: eb61fd40 [ 167.862891] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 167.862902] CR0: 80050033 CR2: 0000035c CR3: 36700000 CR4: 000006d0 [ 167.862914] Call Trace: [ 167.862947] __efc_d_init+0x11f/0x630 [efct] [ 167.862976] ? efc_send_ls_acc_after_attach+0x90/0x90 [efct] [ 167.863004] efc_sm_post_event+0x11/0x30 [efct] [ 167.863033] efc_node_post_event+0x3e/0xd0 [efct] [ 167.863062] efc_node_recv_els_frame+0x91/0xb0 [efct] [ 167.863094] efc_node_dispatch_frame+0x127/0x1f0 [efct] [ 167.863124] efc_domain_dispatch_frame+0x1a1/0x2b0 [efct] [ 167.863154] efct_unsolicited_cb+0x189/0x1a0 [efct] [ 167.863183] ? efct_unsolicited_cb+0x189/0x1a0 [efct] [ 167.863210] efct_hw_rqpair_process_rq+0x17b/0x2f0 [efct] [ 167.863237] efct_hw_cq_process+0x1fd/0x310 [efct] [ 167.863263] ? sli_eq_read+0x2e/0xd0 [efct] [ 167.863288] ? sli_eq_read+0xab/0xd0 [efct] [ 167.863316] efct_hw_eq_process+0x93/0x180 [efct] [ 167.863344] efct_hw_process+0x2c/0x40 [efct] [ 167.863364] efct_intr_thread+0xa1/0xd0 [efct] [ 167.863379] kthread+0xf0/0x110 [ 167.863398] ? efct_teardown_msix+0x50/0x50 [efct] [ 167.863410] ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x20/0x20 [ 167.863422] ret_from_fork+0x2e/0x40 [ 167.863433] Modules linked in: nvme_fc nvme_fabrics nvmet_fc nvmet efct(O) scsi_transport_fc target_core_user uio brd target_core_pscsi target_core_file target_core_iblock target_core_mod configfs edd nfsd snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq snd_seq_device lockd grace nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc dm_mod gpio_ich snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec tg3 libphy lpc_ich snd_hda_core ptp ppdev pps_core snd_hwdep hwmon snd_pcm parport_pc pcspkr floppy button snd_timer snd soundcore i2c_i801 parport sg ehci_pci i915 drm_kms_helper drm uhci_hcd ehci_hcd fb_sys_fops sysimgblt sysfillrect syscopyarea i2c_algo_bit video usbcore scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_hp_sw scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc fan ata_generic ata_piix ahci libahci libata thermal [last unloaded: speedstep_lib] [ 167.863576] CR2: 000000000000035c [ 167.863587] ---[ end trace a869d8ef0400f630 ]--- [ 167.863608] EIP: efct_send_flogi_p2p_acc+0x25/0x1d0 [efct] [ 167.863619] Code: 97 f8 eb da 90 3e 8d 74 26 00 55 89 e5 57 56 53 8b 42 08 89 d3 89 ce 8b 00 85 c0 74 0d f6 80 18 03 00 00 02 0f 85 2b 01 00 00 <ff> 35 5c 03 00 00 68 3c d7 97 f8 e8 cb 63 18 e0 c7 05 5c 03 00 00 [ 167.863638] EAX: f2ec0000 EBX: ec3c8000 ECX: 00001802 EDX: ec3c8000 [ 167.863648] ESI: 00001802 EDI: ec3c8400 EBP: eb61fd4c ESP: d966347c [ 167.863659] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 167.863669] CR0: 80050033 CR2: 0000035c CR3: 36700000 CR4: 000006d0 As you can see [2] "io" is NULL when it's used. This patch seems to fix it: diff --git a/efct/efct_els.c b/efct/efct_els.c index 524fda7..45a7198 100644 --- a/efct/efct_els.c +++ b/efct/efct_els.c @@ -1537,6 +1537,13 @@ efct_send_flogi_p2p_acc(struct efc_lport *efc, struct efc_node_s *node, node_els_trace(); + io = efct_els_io_alloc(node, sizeof(struct fc_plogi_payload_s), + EFCT_ELS_ROLE_RESPONDER); + + if (!io) { + efct_log_err(efct, "els IO alloc failed\n"); + return io; + } io->els_callback = NULL; io->els_callback_arg = NULL; io->display_name = "flogi_p2p_acc"; With this change I am able to use the exported volume but a read test results in [ 359.747276] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3338 at /devel/efct/efct/efct_scsi.c:1341 efct_scsi_send_rd_data+0x438/0x480 [efct] [ 359.747278] Modules linked in: efct(O) nvme_fc nvme_fabrics nvmet_fc nvmet scsi_transport_fc target_core_user uio brd target_core_pscsi target_core_file target_core_iblock target_core_mod configfs nfsd lockd grace nfs_acl auth_rpcgss sunrpc edd snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_seq snd_seq_device dm_mod snd_hda_codec_realtek snd_hda_codec_generic snd_hda_intel gpio_ich iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support snd_hda_codec snd_hda_core tg3 snd_hwdep snd_pcm lpc_ich snd_timer snd libphy soundcore ptp i2c_i801 ppdev pps_core hwmon parport_pc ehci_pci sg parport pcspkr floppy button i915 drm_kms_helper drm fb_sys_fops sysimgblt sysfillrect syscopyarea uhci_hcd ehci_hcd usbcore i2c_algo_bit video scsi_dh_alua scsi_dh_hp_sw scsi_dh_rdac scsi_dh_emc fan ata_generic ata_piix ahci libahci libata thermal [last unloaded: efct] [ 359.747374] CPU: 0 PID: 3338 Comm: efct:0:0 Tainted: G O 4.19.0-rc2-2.g0d9481c-default #1 openSUSE Tumbleweed (unreleased) [ 359.747376] Hardware name: FUJITSU SIEMENS ESPRIMO E /D2164-A1, BIOS 5.00 R1.10.2164.A1 05/08/2006 [ 359.747391] EIP: efct_scsi_send_rd_data+0x438/0x480 [efct] [ 359.747394] Code: b8 fc ff ff 0f 0b 8b 43 24 85 c0 0f 85 99 fc ff ff 90 0f 0b 85 f6 0f 84 8e fc ff ff 31 d2 e9 7a fc ff ff 8d b4 26 00 00 00 00 <0f> 0b e9 d3 fc ff ff 90 0f 0b e9 3d fc ff ff f6 45 ec 02 0f 85 6d [ 359.747397] EAX: 00080000 EBX: efe307b0 ECX: f50dacac EDX: 00000007 [ 359.747399] ESI: f2ec8000 EDI: 00000000 EBP: eb88bda0 ESP: eb88bd74 [ 359.747402] DS: 007b ES: 007b FS: 00d8 GS: 00e0 SS: 0068 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ 359.747404] CR0: 80050033 CR2: b7f26000 CR3: 3417e000 CR4: 000006d0 [ 359.747407] Call Trace: [ 359.747421] ? dma_direct_map_sg+0x55/0xa0 [ 359.747424] ? dma_direct_map_sg+0x6a/0xa0 [ 359.747446] efct_lio_queue_data_in+0x20a/0x350 [efct] [ 359.747467] ? efct_lio_write_pending+0x280/0x280 [efct] [ 359.747472] ? dequeue_entity+0x1ef/0xba0 [ 359.747493] efct_lio_datamove_done+0x9d/0x5b0 [efct] [ 359.747498] ? __switch_to_asm+0x33/0x50 [ 359.747501] ? __switch_to_asm+0x27/0x50 [ 359.747503] ? __switch_to_asm+0x33/0x50 [ 359.747505] ? __switch_to_asm+0x27/0x50 [ 359.747507] ? __switch_to_asm+0x33/0x50 [ 359.747510] ? __switch_to_asm+0x27/0x50 [ 359.747530] ? efct_lio_write_pending+0x280/0x280 [efct] [ 359.747544] efct_target_io_cb+0xc8/0x230 [efct] [ 359.747547] ? __switch_to_asm+0x33/0x50 [ 359.747549] ? __switch_to_asm+0x27/0x50 [ 359.747551] ? __switch_to_asm+0x33/0x50 [ 359.747553] ? __switch_to_asm+0x27/0x50 [ 359.747555] ? __switch_to_asm+0x33/0x50 [ 359.747569] ? efct_scsi_check_pending+0x2b0/0x2b0 [efct] [ 359.747588] efct_hw_wq_process_io+0x138/0x880 [efct] [ 359.747607] ? target_wqe_timer_nop_cb+0x200/0x200 [efct] [ 359.747626] efct_hw_wq_process+0x3b/0x130 [efct] [ 359.747645] efct_hw_cq_process+0x1e3/0x310 [efct] [ 359.747663] ? sli_eq_read+0x2e/0xd0 [efct] [ 359.747682] ? sli_eq_read+0xab/0xd0 [efct] [ 359.747702] efct_hw_eq_process+0x93/0x180 [efct] [ 359.747721] efct_hw_process+0x2c/0x40 [efct] [ 359.747734] efct_intr_thread+0xa1/0xd0 [efct] [ 359.747739] kthread+0xf0/0x110 [ 359.747751] ? efct_teardown_msix+0x50/0x50 [efct] [ 359.747754] ? kthread_create_worker_on_cpu+0x20/0x20 [ 359.747757] ret_from_fork+0x2e/0x40 [ 359.747761] ---[ end trace 6a1c45757778ea22 ]--- and this is the following assertion [3] efct_assert(io->exp_xfer_len > io->transferred, -1); The relevant values are xwire_len: 262144 io->exp_xfer_len: 524288 io->transferred: 524288 I was not yet able to figure out what the problem is. [1] https://repo.or.cz/efct-Emulex_FC_Target/sherbszt.git/commitdiff/bd2b72aeb034f19be99566b3897efde4e9e24c46 [2] https://gitlab.com/jsmart/efct-Emulex_FC_Target/blob/master/efct/efct_els.c#L1512 [3] https://gitlab.com/jsmart/efct-Emulex_FC_Target/blob/master/efct/efct_scsi.c#L1341 Sebastian