linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] nvme-fc: Remove freeze/unfreeze around update_nr_hw

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Message-ID: <a4d0220e-0b50-9204-2ce4-5c4a486c8ed0@broadcom.com>
Date:   Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:03:58 -0700
From:   James Smart <james.smart@...adcom.com>
To:     Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>
Cc:     linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>,
        Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>, Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
        Wen Xiong <wenxiong@...ibm.com>,
        Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@...cle.com>,
        James Smart <jsmart2021@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/3] nvme-fc: Remove freeze/unfreeze around
 update_nr_hw_queues



On 8/25/2021 6:04 AM, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 01:38:20PM -0700, Sagi Grimberg wrote:
>>> freeze before calling update_hr_hw_queues". It's not an exact revert as
>>> it leaves the adjusting of hw queues only if the count changes.
>> I see that fc doesn't freeze the queues, so it obviously wrong to
>> unfreeze them. But is it correct to not freeze the queues?
> nvme-fc is draining the queues in the error recovery path
> (__nvme_fc_abort_outstanding_ios). There are no request in the queues
> hence we don't have to freeze.
>
> The only reason to keep the freeze/unfreeze in this path would be to
> make it look alike the other transport. But it would be a no-op.
Yep.

And updated commit is :  88e837ed0f1f

-- james

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