linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] nvme: only allow entering LIVE from CONNECTING state

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Message-ID: <253e0551-d4d7-4ffe-8842-daecf1f6c753@roeck-us.net>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:23:25 -0700
From: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To: Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>, Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Cc: Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>, Daniel Wagner <wagi@...nel.org>,
 Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
 Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>, James Smart <james.smart@...adcom.com>,
 Shinichiro Kawasaki <shinichiro.kawasaki@....com>,
 linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] nvme: only allow entering LIVE from CONNECTING state

On 4/29/25 11:13, Keith Busch wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2025 at 03:21:18PM +0200, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>>> diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
>>> index b502ac07483b..d3c4eacf607f 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
>>> +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
>>> @@ -4493,7 +4493,8 @@ static void nvme_fw_act_work(struct work_struct *work)
>>>                   msleep(100);
>>>           }
>>>
>>> -       if (!nvme_change_ctrl_state(ctrl, NVME_CTRL_LIVE))
>>> +       if (!nvme_change_ctrl_state(ctrl, NVME_CTRL_CONNECTING) ||
>>> +           !nvme_change_ctrl_state(ctrl, NVME_CTRL_LIVE))
>>>                   return;
>>>
>>>           nvme_unquiesce_io_queues(ctrl);
>>
>> I would rather have a separate state for firmware activation.
>> (Ab-)using the 'RESETTING' state here has direct implications
>> with the error handler, as for the error handler 'RESETTING'
>> means that the error handler has been scheduled.
>> Which is not true for firmware activation.
> 
> But the point of having firmware activation set the state to RESETTING
> was to fence off error handling from trying to schedule a real reset.
> The fw activation work schedules its own recovery if it times out, but
> we don't want any other recovery action or user requested resets to
> proceed while an activation is still pending.

Not only that; there are various checks against NVME_CTRL_RESETTING
sprinkled through the code. What is the impact of introducing a new state
without handling all those checks ?

Guenter