linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] nvme-tcp: Check if request has started before processing it

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Date:   Tue, 2 Mar 2021 01:05:47 +0900
From:   Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
To:     Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Cc:     Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] nvme-tcp: Check if request has started before processing
 it

On Mon, Mar 01, 2021 at 02:55:30PM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> On 3/1/21 2:26 PM, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> > On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 02:19:01AM +0900, Keith Busch wrote:
> >> Crashing is bad, silent data corruption is worse. Is there truly no
> >> defense against that? If not, why should anyone rely on this?
> > 
> > If we receive an response for which we don't have a started request, we
> > know that something is wrong. Couldn't we in just reset the connection
> > in this case? We don't have to pretend nothing has happened and
> > continuing normally. This would avoid a host crash and would not create
> > (more) data corruption. Or I am just too naive?
> > 
> This is actually a sensible solution.
> Please send a patch for that.

Is a bad frame a problem that can be resolved with a reset?

Even if so, the reset doesn't indicate to the user if previous commands
completed with bad data, so it still seems unreliable.