Re: 2.6.15-rc4 error messages with multiple qla2300 hba ports on fabric

[Michael Reed <mdr@sgi.com>]

James.Smart@Emulex.Com wrote:
> We recently saw this as well. It's related to the number of targets
> that go away simultaneously.
> 
> There ends up being many delete rport items on the work queue, and 
> when the 1st one stalls to flush the work queues, it starts the 2nd,
> which stops to flush, and so on.
> 
> My inclination is to look at what we have on the work queue and see if we can
> circumvent some of the flush calls.

Snooping the work queue?  That sounds a little, um, like a hack?
If the code is correct, and the end result is correct, is the
test for recursion level and the associated dump_stack() necessary?
(Yeah, I know, newbie questions. :)


Mike

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