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    scsi: lpfc: Fix locking on mailbox command completion · 07b85824
    James Smart authored
    Symptoms were seen of the driver not having valid data for mailbox
    commands. After debugging, the following sequence was found:
    
    The driver maintains a port-wide pointer of the mailbox command that is
    currently in execution. Once finished, the port-wide pointer is cleared
    (done in lpfc_sli4_mq_release()). The next mailbox command issued will set
    the next pointer and so on.
    
    The mailbox response data is only copied if there is a valid port-wide
    pointer.
    
    In the failing case, it was seen that a new mailbox command was being
    attempted in parallel with the completion.  The parallel path was seeing
    the mailbox no long in use (flag check under lock) and thus set the port
    pointer.  The completion path had cleared the active flag under lock, but
    had not touched the port pointer.  The port pointer is cleared after the
    lock is released. In this case, the completion path cleared the just-set
    value by the parallel path.
    
    Fix by making the calls that clear mbox state/port pointer while under
    lock.  Also slightly cleaned up the error path.
    
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20190922035906.10977-8-jsmart2021@gmail.comSigned-off-by: default avatarDick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@broadcom.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJames Smart <jsmart2021@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMartin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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lpfc_sli.c 624 KB