linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] nvme-fc: do not retry when auth fails or connection is refused

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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 08:45:03 +0100
From: Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>
To: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Cc: James Smart <james.smart@...adcom.com>, 
	Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>, 
	linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] nvme-fc: do not retry when auth fails or
 connection is refused

On Thu, Feb 22, 2024 at 07:46:12AM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> On 2/21/24 17:37, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 04:53:44PM +0100, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> > In this case yes, I've tested on top of this patch. This breaks the loop
> > where the provided key is invalid or is missing. The loop would happy
> > retry until reaching max of retries.
> 
> But that's to be expected, no?

Why? If the key is wrong/missing it will be likely wrong/missing the
next retry again. So what's the point in retrying?

> After all, that's _precisely_ what
> NVME_SC_DNR is for;
> if you shouldn't retry, that bit is set.
> If it's not set, you should.

Okay, in this case there is a bug in the auth code somewhere.

> So why is NVME_SC_AUTH_REQUIRED an exception?

status is either NVME_SC_AUTH_REQUIRED or -ECONNREFUSED for the first
part of the nvme/041 (no key set). In this case DNR bit is not set.

Note, when -ECONNREFUSED is return

	if (status > 0 && (status & NVME_SC_DNR))

will not catch it either.

Glad we have these tests now.