linux/drivers/nvme
James Smart b6f807738b nvme_fcloop: refactor host/target io job access
The split between what the host accesses on its flows vs what the
target side accesses was flawed. Abort handling didn't properly
clear initiator vs target structure cross-reference and locks
weren't used for synchronization. Thus, there were issues of
freeing structures too soon and access after free.

A couple of these existed pre the IN_ISR mods, but when the
target upcalls were converted to work items, thus adding delays
between the 2 sides of accesses, the problems became pronounced.

Resolve by:
- tracking io state mainly in the tgt-side io structure.
- make the tgt-side io structure released by reference not by
  code flow.
- when changing initiator structures, use locks for
  synchronization
- aborts are clearly tracked for which side saw the abort, and
  after seeing the abort, cross-references are cleared under lock.

Signed-off-by: James Smart <james.smart@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
2018-01-08 11:01:55 +01:00
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host lightnvm: make geometry structures 2.0 ready 2018-01-05 08:50:12 -07:00
target nvme_fcloop: refactor host/target io job access 2018-01-08 11:01:55 +01:00
Kconfig nvme: use menu Kconfig interface 2017-10-04 09:43:57 +02:00
Makefile nvmet: add a generic NVMe target 2016-07-05 11:30:33 -06:00