linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.18 26/90] scsi: lpfc: Correct soft lockup when running mds diagnostics

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Message-Id: <20181119162625.162444940@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 19 Nov 2018 17:29:08 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@...adcom.com>,
        James Smart <james.smart@...adcom.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.18 26/90] scsi: lpfc: Correct soft lockup when running mds diagnostics

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

------------------

From: James Smart <jsmart2021@...il.com>

[ Upstream commit 0ef01a2d95fd62bb4f536e7ce4d5e8e74b97a244 ]

When running an mds diagnostic that passes frames with the switch, soft
lockups are detected. The driver is in a CQE processing loop and has
sufficient amount of traffic that it never exits the ring processing routine,
thus the "lockup".

Cap the number of elements in the work processing routine to 64 elements. This
ensures that the cpu will be given up and the handler reschedule to process
additional items.

Signed-off-by: Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@...adcom.com>
Signed-off-by: James Smart <james.smart@...adcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c |    7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c
@@ -3441,6 +3441,7 @@ lpfc_sli_handle_slow_ring_event_s4(struc
 	struct hbq_dmabuf *dmabuf;
 	struct lpfc_cq_event *cq_event;
 	unsigned long iflag;
+	int count = 0;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&phba->hbalock, iflag);
 	phba->hba_flag &= ~HBA_SP_QUEUE_EVT;
@@ -3462,16 +3463,22 @@ lpfc_sli_handle_slow_ring_event_s4(struc
 			if (irspiocbq)
 				lpfc_sli_sp_handle_rspiocb(phba, pring,
 							   irspiocbq);
+			count++;
 			break;
 		case CQE_CODE_RECEIVE:
 		case CQE_CODE_RECEIVE_V1:
 			dmabuf = container_of(cq_event, struct hbq_dmabuf,
 					      cq_event);
 			lpfc_sli4_handle_received_buffer(phba, dmabuf);
+			count++;
 			break;
 		default:
 			break;
 		}
+
+		/* Limit the number of events to 64 to avoid soft lockups */
+		if (count == 64)
+			break;
 	}
 }