From: Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanya.kulkarni@xxxxxxx> commit 64d452b3560b7a55277c8d9ef0a8635e62136580 upstream. When creating a loop controller (ctrl) in nvme_loop_create_ctrl() -> nvme_init_ctrl() we set the ctrl state to NVME_CTRL_NEW. Prior to [1] NVME_CTRL_NEW state was allowed in nvmf_check_ready() for fabrics command type connect. Now, this fails in the following code path for fabrics connect command when creating admin queue :- nvme_loop_create_ctrl() nvme_loo_configure_admin_queue() nvmf_connect_admin_queue() __nvme_submit_sync_cmd() blk_execute_rq() nvme_loop_queue_rq() nvmf_check_ready() # echo "transport=loop,nqn=fs" > /dev/nvme-fabrics [ 6047.741327] nvmet: adding nsid 1 to subsystem fs [ 6048.756430] nvme nvme1: Connect command failed, error wo/DNR bit: 880 We need to set the ctrl state to NVME_CTRL_CONNECTING after :- nvme_loop_create_ctrl() nvme_init_ctrl() so that the above mentioned check for nvmf_check_ready() will return true. This patch sets the ctrl state to connecting after we init the ctrl in nvme_loop_create_ctrl() nvme_init_ctrl() . [1] commit aa63fa6776a7 ("nvme-fabrics: allow to queue requests for live queues") Fixes: aa63fa6776a7 ("nvme-fabrics: allow to queue requests for live queues") Signed-off-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <chaitanya.kulkarni@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@xxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> Cc: Yi Zhang <yi.zhang@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/nvme/target/loop.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) --- a/drivers/nvme/target/loop.c +++ b/drivers/nvme/target/loop.c @@ -583,6 +583,9 @@ static struct nvme_ctrl *nvme_loop_creat if (ret) goto out_put_ctrl; + changed = nvme_change_ctrl_state(&ctrl->ctrl, NVME_CTRL_CONNECTING); + WARN_ON_ONCE(!changed); + ret = -ENOMEM; ctrl->ctrl.sqsize = opts->queue_size - 1;