On 10/5/2020 7:23 AM, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 08:58:05PM -0600, Revanth Rajashekar wrote: >> Backport commit 38adf94e166e3cb4eb89683458ca578051e8218d and it's >> dependencies to linux-stable 5.4.y. >> >> Dependent commits: >> 314d48dd224897e35ddcaf5a1d7d133b5adddeb7 >> e08f2ae850929d40e66268ee47e443e7ea56eeb7 >> >> When running test cases to stress NVMe device, a race condition / deadlocks is >> seen every couple of days or so where multiple threads are trying to acquire >> ctrl->subsystem->lock or ctrl->scan_lock. >> >> The test cases send a lot nvme-cli requests to do Sanitize, Format, FW Download, >> FW Activate, Flush, Get Log, Identify, and reset requests to two controllers >> that share a namespace. Some of those commands target a namespace, some target >> a controller. The commands are sent in random order and random mix to the two >> controllers. >> >> The test cases does not wait for nvme-cli requests to finish before sending more. >> So for example, there could be multiple reset requests, multiple format requests, >> outstanding at the same time as a sanitize, on both paths at the same time, etc. >> Many of these test cases include combos that don't really make sense in the >> context of NVMe, however it is used to create as much stress as possible. >> >> This patchset fixes this issue. >> >> Similar issue with a detailed call trace/log was discussed in the LKML >> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nvme/04580CD6-7652-459D-ABDD-732947B4A6DF@xxxxxxxxxxx/ >> >> Revanth Rajashekar (3): >> nvme: Cleanup and rename nvme_block_nr() >> nvme: Introduce nvme_lba_to_sect() >> nvme: consolidate chunk_sectors settings >> >> drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------- >> drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h | 16 +++++++++++++--- >> 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) > For some reason you forgot to credit, and cc: all of the people on the > original patches, which isn't very nice, don't you think? > > Next time please be more careful. > > greg k-h I'm really sorry for missing out a few people from the cc list who are on the original patch. Thought only the signed-off names go in there. Will make sure this won't happen again and thanks for pointing it out :) Thanks! Revanth
