Re: [PATCH v2] virtio_pmem: Check device status before requesting flush

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Hi,

On Tue, Aug 20, 2024 at 1:01 PM Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 8/20/24 10:22 AM, Philip Chen wrote:
> > If a pmem device is in a bad status, the driver side could wait for
> > host ack forever in virtio_pmem_flush(), causing the system to hang.
> >
> > So add a status check in the beginning of virtio_pmem_flush() to return
> > early if the device is not activated.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Philip Chen <philipchen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > v2:
> > - Remove change id from the patch description
> > - Add more details to the patch description
> >
> >  drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c | 9 +++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c b/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
> > index 35c8fbbba10e..97addba06539 100644
> > --- a/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
> > +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
> > @@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ static int virtio_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
> >       unsigned long flags;
> >       int err, err1;
> >
> > +     /*
> > +      * Don't bother to submit the request to the device if the device is
> > +      * not acticated.
>
> s/acticated/activated/

Thanks for the review.
I'll fix this typo in v3.

In addition to this typo, does anyone have any other concerns?

>
> > +      */
> > +     if (vdev->config->get_status(vdev) & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_NEEDS_RESET) {
> > +             dev_info(&vdev->dev, "virtio pmem device needs a reset\n");
> > +             return -EIO;
> > +     }
> > +
> >       might_sleep();
> >       req_data = kmalloc(sizeof(*req_data), GFP_KERNEL);
> >       if (!req_data)





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