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Message-ID: <46eacc01-7b23-4f83-af3c-8c5897e44c90@intel.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 13:01:06 -0700
From: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@...el.com>
To: Philip Chen <philipchen@...omium.org>,
Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta.linux@...il.com>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>, Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
Cc: virtualization@...ts.linux.dev, nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] virtio_pmem: Check device status before requesting
flush
On 8/20/24 10:22 AM, Philip Chen wrote:
> If a pmem device is in a bad status, the driver side could wait for
> host ack forever in virtio_pmem_flush(), causing the system to hang.
>
> So add a status check in the beginning of virtio_pmem_flush() to return
> early if the device is not activated.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philip Chen <philipchen@...omium.org>
> ---
>
> v2:
> - Remove change id from the patch description
> - Add more details to the patch description
>
> drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c b/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
> index 35c8fbbba10e..97addba06539 100644
> --- a/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
> +++ b/drivers/nvdimm/nd_virtio.c
> @@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ static int virtio_pmem_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
> unsigned long flags;
> int err, err1;
>
> + /*
> + * Don't bother to submit the request to the device if the device is
> + * not acticated.
s/acticated/activated/
> + */
> + if (vdev->config->get_status(vdev) & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_NEEDS_RESET) {
> + dev_info(&vdev->dev, "virtio pmem device needs a reset\n");
> + return -EIO;
> + }
> +
> might_sleep();
> req_data = kmalloc(sizeof(*req_data), GFP_KERNEL);
> if (!req_data)
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