Updated to 3.12.19, applied the patches... See below.We keep losing targets on the vmware initiator side. And see the dmesg below. We do not use authentication on the iscsi side. [ 134.501339] MODE SENSE: unimplemented page/subpage: 0x1c/0x02 [ 134.506549] MODE SENSE: unimplemented page/subpage: 0x1c/0x02 [ 134.511110] MODE SENSE: unimplemented page/subpage: 0x1c/0x02 [ 134.515427] MODE SENSE: unimplemented page/subpage: 0x1c/0x02 [ 134.519958] MODE SENSE: unimplemented page/subpage: 0x1c/0x02 [ 134.524221] MODE SENSE: unimplemented page/subpage: 0x1c/0x02 [ 134.529635] MODE SENSE: unimplemented page/subpage: 0x1c/0x02 [ 134.532997] MODE SENSE: unimplemented page/subpage: 0x1c/0x02 [ 615.245882] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x85, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 615.249698] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x85, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 615.253704] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x85, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 615.257561] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x85, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 615.265030] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x85, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 615.268861] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x85, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 615.272712] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x85, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 615.276589] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x85, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 615.280143] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x85, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 615.284150] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x85, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 615.288042] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x85, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 615.291777] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x85, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 615.295679] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x85, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 615.299590] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x85, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 615.303497] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x85, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 615.307360] TARGET_CORE[iSCSI]: Unsupported SCSI Opcode 0x85, sending CHECK_CONDITION. [ 1533.095556] Unknown RDMA CMA event: 15 [ 1533.854793] Unknown RDMA CMA event: 15 [ 1534.606031] Unknown RDMA CMA event: 15 [ 1534.606039] Unknown RDMA CMA event: 15 [ 1543.205637] Unknown RDMA CMA event: 15 [ 1548.872095] iSCSI Login timeout on Network Portal 192.168.252.101:3271 [ 1549.031925] Unknown RDMA CMA event: 15 [ 1549.639350] iSCSI Login timeout on Network Portal 192.168.252.101:3270 [ 1550.406595] iSCSI Login timeout on Network Portal 192.168.252.101:3274 [ 1550.406616] iSCSI Login timeout on Network Portal 192.168.251.101:3262 [ 1550.406648] iSCSI Login negotiation failed. [ 1551.173836] iSCSI Login timeout on Network Portal 192.168.251.101:3260 [ 1565.431904] iSCSI Login timeout on Network Portal 192.168.252.101:3274 [ 1565.431957] iSCSI Login negotiation failed. [ 1598.273720] iSCSI Login negotiation failed. [ 1598.273721] iSCSI Login negotiation failed. [ 1598.273757] iSCSI Login negotiation failed. [ 1598.294593] Unknown RDMA CMA event: 8 [ 1598.361379] conn->conn_login is NULL [ 1598.361383] CPU: 2 PID: 20 Comm: kworker/2:0 Tainted: GF 3.12.19+ #1 [ 1598.361385] Hardware name: Supermicro X9DRX+-F/X9DRX+-F, BIOS 3.00 07/09/2013 [ 1598.361392] Workqueue: isert_rx_wq isert_cq_rx_work [ib_isert] [ 1598.361394] ffff8803d6eb0000 ffff88046fab5d08 ffffffff81553ae7 0000000000000000 [ 1598.361398] 0000000000000000 ffff88046fab5d48 ffffffffa075e03d ffff88046fab5d88 [ 1598.361400] ffff8803df5d3000 ffff8803d6eb0000 ffff88085fe00000 00000003d6eb0000 [ 1598.361403] Call Trace: [ 1598.361408] [<ffffffff81553ae7>] dump_stack+0x49/0x62 [ 1598.361411] [<ffffffffa075e03d>] isert_rx_login_req+0x19d/0x1b0 [ib_isert] [ 1598.361413] [<ffffffffa075fab7>] isert_rx_completion+0x1d7/0x2a0 [ib_isert] [ 1598.361416] [<ffffffffa075fcab>] isert_cq_rx_work+0x12b/0x1b0 [ib_isert] [ 1598.361419] [<ffffffff810685a3>] process_one_work+0x183/0x490 [ 1598.361421] [<ffffffff81069a7f>] worker_thread+0x11f/0x3a0 [ 1598.361423] [<ffffffff81069960>] ? manage_workers+0x160/0x160 [ 1598.361426] [<ffffffff8106f99e>] kthread+0xce/0xe0 [ 1598.361429] [<ffffffff810baf84>] ? check_modinfo+0x174/0x190 [ 1598.361432] [<ffffffff8106f8d0>] ? kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x70/0x70 [ 1598.361434] [<ffffffff8156026c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 [ 1598.361436] [<ffffffff8106f8d0>] ? kthread_freezable_should_stop+0x70/0x70 [ 1601.251093] iSCSI Login negotiation failed. [ 1601.262977] Unknown RDMA CMA event: 8 > -----Original Message----- > From: Nicholas A. Bellinger [mailto:nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 3:22 PM > To: Moussa Ba (moussaba) > Cc: Sagi Grimberg; target-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Nicholas Bellinger; Or > Gerlitz > Subject: Re: 3.12.5 Target Errors > > On Thu, 2014-05-15 at 21:21 +0000, Moussa Ba (moussaba) wrote: > > Thanks Nick. I just updated to 3.14.4, does that include the > necessary patches?I don't have any particular requirement for version. > > Minus the three fixes from Sagi that are queued in > target-pending/master, v3.14.4 has all of the other iser-target related > fixes. > > You'll still want to apply these three mentioned earlier.. > > > More interested in functionality and stability. 3.14.4 generates the > following error: > > > > [ 271.008891] rdma_accept() failed with: -99 > > [ 271.904227] rdma_accept() failed with: -99 > > [ 271.933538] rdma_accept() failed with: -99 > > > > > > Mmmm, rdma_accept() is returning -EADDRNOTAVAIL here.. > > It appears that something is failing in drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c > outside of ULP specific code.. (Or CC'ed). > > Note that there was a userspace ABI version bump for libibverbs, > libmlx4, and librdmacm during v3.14.. You might be hitting some of > that > related fallout here somehow.. > > > 8 of targets have disappeared from vmware 5.5, but they are present > > and show enabled on the target. Anyhow, what is the recommended > > version for stability/functionality. > > v3.12.19 with the 5 patches applied is probably the best bet here, > until > the -EADDRNOTAVAIL issue can be tracked down on v3.14.y. > > --nab ��.n��������+%������w��{.n����j�����{ay�ʇڙ���f���h������_�(�階�ݢj"��������G����?���&��