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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
To: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Keith Busch <kbusch@meta.com>,
	linux-nvme@lists.infradead.org, sagi@grimberg.me,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] nvme-pci: fix timeout request state check
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 08:33:30 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230118073330.GA27048@lst.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y8eJJ/9qo9c7jzLT@kbusch-mbp>

On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 10:52:39PM -0700, Keith Busch wrote:
> We're actually not batching here (no IOB in the timeout context), so we
> are either:
> 
>   a. calling nvme_pci_complete_rq() inline with the cqe
>   b. racing with smp ipi or softirq
> 
> If case (a), we will always see IDLE. If (b), we are racing and may see
> either COMPLETED or IDLE, so we have to check that it's not either of
> those. Since there's only one other state (STARTED) that was guaranteed
> prior to entering the timeout handler, we can just make sure it's not
> that one after the poll to know if abort escalation is needed.

The point is still that "started" is the wrong check here and relies
on an implementation detail.  I think we're better off with an explicit
IDLE check and a big fat comment.


  reply	other threads:[~2023-01-18  7:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-01-18  5:22 [PATCHv2] nvme-pci: fix timeout request state check Keith Busch
2023-01-18  5:33 ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-01-18  5:52   ` Keith Busch
2023-01-18  7:33     ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2023-01-18 15:21       ` Keith Busch
2023-01-18 16:35         ` Christoph Hellwig

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