On Thu, 2019-05-09 at 15:55 -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote: > On 5/9/19 11:58 AM, Ewan D. Milne wrote: > > On Thu, 2019-05-09 at 07:06 -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote: > > > On 5/9/19 6:18 AM, Hannes Reinecke wrote: > > > > The 'qla_tgt_wq' workqueue is used for generic command aborts, > > > > not just target-related functions. So allocate the workqueue > > > > always to avoid a kernel crash when aborting commands. > > > > > > Can the abort code be called directly? This means not queueing the abort > > > work? Do you perhaps know why the target workqueue is used for > > > processing aborts? In other words, can the abort functions be modified > > > to use one of the system workqueues instead of always allocating the > > > target workqueue? > > > > How exactly is the qla_tgt_wq used for generic command aborts? > > Do you mean initiator mode aborts from the SCSI EH calls? Those look > > like they issue mailbox commands to the HBA directly. > > Or do we get frames received even if we are not using target mode or something? > > Hi Ewan, > > To me your questions seem like questions about the original patch. Are > your questions perhaps intended for Hannes? > > Bart. Yes, you are correct, sorry I responded to the wrong msg in the thread. -Ewan
