linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] block: System crashes when cpu hotplug + bouncing port

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Date:   Tue, 29 Jun 2021 11:27:19 +0200
From:   Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>
To:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
Cc:     Wen Xiong <wenxiong@...ibm.com>, james.smart@...adcom.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sagi@...mberg.me,
        wenxiong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] block: System crashes when cpu hotplug + bouncing
 port

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 05:01:16PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:
> No, this way fails the request allocation, which isn't expected from
> NVMe fc/rdma/tcp/loop, since io queue can't be connected in this way.

But __nvme_submit_sync_cmd() can return errors too and they need to be
handled in the connect path. So why is this so special? Not that I am
against your patch, I just like to understand the reasoning.