This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
nvme-apple: only reset the controller when RTKit is running
to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
nvme-apple-only-reset-the-controller-when-rtkit-is-r.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit f8123bbc8e8d844de122140803678982f6f573fd
Author: Janne Grunau <j@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Jan 17 19:25:01 2023 +0100
nvme-apple: only reset the controller when RTKit is running
[ Upstream commit c0a4a1eafbd48e02829045bba3e6163c03037276 ]
NVMe controller register access hangs indefinitely when the co-processor
is not running. A missed reset is preferable over a hanging thread since
it could be recoverable.
Signed-off-by: Janne Grunau <j@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/apple.c b/drivers/nvme/host/apple.c
index ff8b083dc5c6..262d2b60ac6d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/apple.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/apple.c
@@ -987,11 +987,11 @@ static void apple_nvme_reset_work(struct work_struct *work)
goto out;
}
- if (anv->ctrl.ctrl_config & NVME_CC_ENABLE)
- apple_nvme_disable(anv, false);
-
/* RTKit must be shut down cleanly for the (soft)-reset to work */
if (apple_rtkit_is_running(anv->rtk)) {
+ /* reset the controller if it is enabled */
+ if (anv->ctrl.ctrl_config & NVME_CC_ENABLE)
+ apple_nvme_disable(anv, false);
dev_dbg(anv->dev, "Trying to shut down RTKit before reset.");
ret = apple_rtkit_shutdown(anv->rtk);
if (ret)
