linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 60/96] scsi: mpt3sas: Do not mark fw_event workqueue as WQ_MEM

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Message-Id: <20180524093608.904820655@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Thu, 24 May 2018 11:38:43 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Sreekanth Reddy <sreekanth.reddy@...adcom.com>,
        Suganath Prabu Subramani 
        <suganath-prabu.subramani@...adcom.com>,
        Sreekanth Reddy <Sreekanth.Reddy@...adcom.com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 60/96] scsi: mpt3sas: Do not mark fw_event workqueue as WQ_MEM_RECLAIM

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>

[ Upstream commit 864449eea7c600596e305ffdc4a6a846414b222c ]

The firmware event workqueue should not be marked as WQ_MEM_RECLAIM
as it's doesn't need to make forward progress under memory pressure.
In the current state it will result in a deadlock if the device had been
forcefully removed.

Cc: Sreekanth Reddy <sreekanth.reddy@...adcom.com>
Cc: Suganath Prabu Subramani <suganath-prabu.subramani@...adcom.com>
Acked-by: Sreekanth Reddy <Sreekanth.Reddy@...adcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_scsih.c
@@ -8853,7 +8853,7 @@ _scsih_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const
 	snprintf(ioc->firmware_event_name, sizeof(ioc->firmware_event_name),
 	    "fw_event_%s%d", ioc->driver_name, ioc->id);
 	ioc->firmware_event_thread = alloc_ordered_workqueue(
-	    ioc->firmware_event_name, WQ_MEM_RECLAIM);
+	    ioc->firmware_event_name, 0);
 	if (!ioc->firmware_event_thread) {
 		pr_err(MPT3SAS_FMT "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
 		    ioc->name, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);