This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled Target/iser: Bail from accept_np if np_thread is trying to close to the 3.10-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: target-iser-bail-from-accept_np-if-np_thread-is-trying-to-close.patch and it can be found in the queue-3.10 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From e346ab343f4f58c12a96725c7b13df9cc2ad56f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sagi Grimberg <sagig@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 17:44:22 +0300 Subject: Target/iser: Bail from accept_np if np_thread is trying to close From: Sagi Grimberg <sagig@xxxxxxxxxxxx> commit e346ab343f4f58c12a96725c7b13df9cc2ad56f6 upstream. In case np_thread state is in RESET/SHUTDOWN/EXIT states, no point for isert to stall there as we may get a hang in case no one will wake it up later. Signed-off-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagig@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c @@ -2190,9 +2190,14 @@ accept_wait: return -ENODEV; spin_lock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock); - if (np->np_thread_state == ISCSI_NP_THREAD_RESET) { + if (np->np_thread_state >= ISCSI_NP_THREAD_RESET) { spin_unlock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock); - pr_debug("ISCSI_NP_THREAD_RESET for isert_accept_np\n"); + pr_debug("np_thread_state %d for isert_accept_np\n", + np->np_thread_state); + /** + * No point in stalling here when np_thread + * is in state RESET/SHUTDOWN/EXIT - bail + **/ return -ENODEV; } spin_unlock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock); Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from sagig@xxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-3.10/target-iser-fix-hangs-in-connection-teardown.patch queue-3.10/target-iser-bail-from-accept_np-if-np_thread-is-trying-to-close.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html