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be2iscsi: Fix soft lockup in mgmt_get_all_if_id path using bmbx
authorJitendra Bhivare <jitendra.bhivare@avagotech.com>
Wed, 20 Jan 2016 08:40:45 +0000 (14:10 +0530)
committerMartin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Wed, 24 Feb 2016 02:27:02 +0000 (21:27 -0500)
commit6ac999efeeff98f203eda8cf46d5016e99f58b0c
tree01af7f763c301355719201b7b531072c78bc5415
parent420eb6d7efc4591ef1968106cdaa980ea06fe00e
be2iscsi: Fix soft lockup in mgmt_get_all_if_id path using bmbx

We are taking mbox_lock spinlock which disables pre-emption before we
poll for mbox completion. Waiting there with spinlock held in excess of
20s will cause soft lockup.

Actual fix is to change mbox_lock to mutex. The changes are done in
phases. This is the first part.

1. Changed mgmt_get_all_if_id to use MCC where after posting lock is
released.

2. Changed be_mbox_db_ready_wait to busy wait for 12s max and removed
wait_event_timeout. Added error handling code for IO reads.
OPCODE_COMMON_QUERY_FIRMWARE_CONFIG mbox command takes 8s time when
unreachable boot targets configured.

Signed-off-by: Jitendra Bhivare <jitendra.bhivare@avagotech.com>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_cmds.c
drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_mgmt.c