From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: hch@lst.de (Christoph Hellwig) Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 22:17:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] nvme: introduce a controller state machine In-Reply-To: <5715294A.3020309@grimberg.me> References: <1460982893-11315-1-git-send-email-hch@lst.de> <1460982893-11315-3-git-send-email-hch@lst.de> <5715294A.3020309@grimberg.me> Message-ID: <20160418201710.GA4921@lst.de> >> - clear_bit(NVME_CTRL_RESETTING, &dev->flags); >> + if (!nvme_change_ctrl_state(&dev->ctrl, NVME_CTRL_LIVE)) { >> + dev_warn(dev->ctrl.device, "failed to mark controller live\n"); >> + goto out; >> + } >> return; >> >> out: > > You're missing a state change before removing a > dead controller... why?