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PATCH Superseded Keith Busch 4 participants 9 messages Jul 6, 2016 – Jul 13, 2016 NVMe

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PATCH v3 1/1 nvme: Remove RCU namespace protection

We can't block with RCU read lock held, but we need to do potentially blocking stuff to namespace queues when iterating the list. This patch removes the rcu read locking.

Any list iteration that does IO has to be done unlocked to allow recovery. The caller must ensure the list can not be manipulated under such conditions. List iterations that do not issue IO can safely use the lock since it wouldn't block recovery from missing IO completions.

This fixes these two BUGs:

 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at include/linux/writeback.h:185
 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 757, name: kworker/97:1
 CPU: 97 PID: 757 Comm: kworker/97:1 Tainted: G            E   4.6.0-2016-06-14+ #1
 Hardware name: Intel Corporation PURLEY/PURLEY, BIOS PLYDCRB1.86B.0087.D08.1605241555 05/24/2016
 Workqueue: pciehp-2 pciehp_power_thread
  0000000000000000 ffff880462377b38 ffffffff81310c61 ffff8804623704c0
  00000000000000b9 ffff880462377b50 ffffffff8108fe14 ffffffff81809e2a
  ffff880462377b78 ffffffff8108fea9 ffff880469eb4800 ffffc900011824a0
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff81310c61>] dump_stack+0x63/0x82
  [<ffffffff8108fe14>] ___might_sleep+0xd4/0x120
  [<ffffffff8108fea9>] __might_sleep+0x49/0x80
  [<ffffffff8120d060>] iget5_locked+0xa0/0x210
  [<ffffffff8122ac80>] ? bdev_test+0x20/0x20
  [<ffffffff8122b5ce>] bdget+0x3e/0x130
  [<ffffffff812f2b24>] bdget_disk+0x24/0x40
  [<ffffffff8122bd3d>] revalidate_disk+0x3d/0x90
  [<ffffffffa0483208>] nvme_kill_queues+0x38/0xc0 [nvme_core]
  [<ffffffffa04833da>] nvme_remove_namespaces+0x5a/0x60 [nvme_core]
  [<ffffffffa048340d>] nvme_uninit_ctrl+0x2d/0xa0 [nvme_core]
  [<ffffffffa085c9eb>] nvme_remove+0x5b/0x100 [nvme]
  [<ffffffff8135bfc9>] pci_device_remove+0x39/0xc0

And:

 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/workqueue.c:2783
 in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 1696, name: kworker/u16:0
 CPU: 3 PID: 1696 Comm: kworker/u16:0 Tainted: G           OE   4.6.0-rc3+ #197
 Hardware name: Dell Inc. OptiPlex 7010/0773VG, BIOS A12 01/10/2013
 Workqueue: nvme nvme_reset_work [nvme]
  0000000000000000 ffff8800d94d3a48 ffffffff81379e4c ffff88011a639640
  ffffffff81a12688 ffff8800d94d3a70 ffffffff81094814 ffffffff81a12688
  0000000000000adf 0000000000000000 ffff8800d94d3a98 ffffffff81094904
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff81379e4c>] dump_stack+0x85/0xc9
  [<ffffffff81094814>] ___might_sleep+0x144/0x1f0
  [<ffffffff81094904>] __might_sleep+0x44/0x80
  [<ffffffff81087b5e>] flush_work+0x6e/0x290
  [<ffffffff81087af0>] ? __queue_delayed_work+0x150/0x150
  [<ffffffff81126cf5>] ? irq_work_queue+0x75/0x90
  [<ffffffff810ca136>] ? wake_up_klogd+0x36/0x50
  [<ffffffff810b7fa6>] ? mark_held_locks+0x66/0x90
  [<ffffffff81088898>] ? __cancel_work_timer+0xf8/0x1c0
  [<ffffffff8108883b>] __cancel_work_timer+0x9b/0x1c0
  [<ffffffff810cadaa>] ? vprintk_default+0x1a/0x20
  [<ffffffff81142558>] ? printk+0x48/0x4a
  [<ffffffff8108896b>] cancel_work_sync+0xb/0x10
  [<ffffffff81350fb0>] blk_mq_cancel_requeue_work+0x10/0x20
  [<ffffffffc0813ae7>] nvme_stop_queues+0x167/0x1a0 [nvme_core]
  [<ffffffffc0813980>] ? nvme_kill_queues+0x190/0x190 [nvme_core]
  [<ffffffffc08cef51>] nvme_dev_disable+0x71/0x350 [nvme]
  [<ffffffff810b8f40>] ? __lock_acquire+0xa80/0x1ad0
  [<ffffffff810944b6>] ? finish_task_switch+0xa6/0x2c0
  [<ffffffffc08cffd4>] nvme_reset_work+0x214/0xd40 [nvme]
Signed-off-by Keith Busch <keith.busch at intel.com>

---
v2 -> v3:

Function renaming: nvme_find_ns -> nvme_get_ns -> nvme_find_get_ns

Insert namespaces sorted so we never have an unsorted list during unlocked scanning.

Removed unnecessary get/put on namespace reference; protected with mutex.

 drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 93 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
drivers/nvme/host/core.c +46 -47
index 1a51584..60dd4c6 100644
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <linux/hdreg.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/list_sort.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/pr.h>
@@ -1386,37 +1385,31 @@ static const struct attribute_group *nvme_dev_attr_groups[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-static int ns_cmp(void *priv, struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
+static struct nvme_ns *nvme_find_get_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 {
-	struct nvme_ns *nsa = container_of(a, struct nvme_ns, list);
-	struct nvme_ns *nsb = container_of(b, struct nvme_ns, list);
-
-	return nsa->ns_id - nsb->ns_id;
-}
-
-static struct nvme_ns *nvme_find_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
-{
-	struct nvme_ns *ns;
-
-	lockdep_assert_held(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
+	struct nvme_ns *ns, *ret = NULL;
 
+	mutex_lock(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(ns, &ctrl->namespaces, list) {
-		if (ns->ns_id == nsid)
-			return ns;
+		if (ns->ns_id == nsid) {
+			kref_get(&ns->kref);
+			ret = ns;
+			break;
+		}
 		if (ns->ns_id > nsid)
 			break;
 	}
-	return NULL;
+	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 {
-	struct nvme_ns *ns;
+	struct nvme_ns *ns, *prev;
 	struct gendisk *disk;
+	struct list_head *next = &ctrl->namespaces;
 	int node = dev_to_node(ctrl->dev);
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
-
 	ns = kzalloc_node(sizeof(*ns), GFP_KERNEL, node);
 	if (!ns)
 		return;
@@ -1457,7 +1450,16 @@ static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 	if (nvme_revalidate_disk(ns->disk))
 		goto out_free_disk;
 
-	list_add_tail_rcu(&ns->list, &ctrl->namespaces);
+	mutex_lock(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry(prev, &ctrl->namespaces, list) {
+		if (prev->ns_id > ns->ns_id) {
+			next = &prev->list;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	list_add_tail(&ns->list, next);
+	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
+
 	kref_get(&ctrl->kref);
 	if (ns->type == NVME_NS_LIGHTNVM)
 		return;
@@ -1480,8 +1482,6 @@ static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 
 static void nvme_ns_remove(struct nvme_ns *ns)
 {
-	lockdep_assert_held(&ns->ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
-
 	if (test_and_set_bit(NVME_NS_REMOVING, &ns->flags))
 		return;
 
@@ -1494,8 +1494,11 @@ static void nvme_ns_remove(struct nvme_ns *ns)
 		blk_mq_abort_requeue_list(ns->queue);
 		blk_cleanup_queue(ns->queue);
 	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&ns->ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
 	list_del_init(&ns->list);
-	synchronize_rcu();
+	mutex_unlock(&ns->ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
+
 	nvme_put_ns(ns);
 }
 
@@ -1503,10 +1506,11 @@ static void nvme_validate_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nsid)
 {
 	struct nvme_ns *ns;
 
-	ns = nvme_find_ns(ctrl, nsid);
+	ns = nvme_find_get_ns(ctrl, nsid);
 	if (ns) {
 		if (revalidate_disk(ns->disk))
 			nvme_ns_remove(ns);
+		nvme_put_ns(ns);
 	} else
 		nvme_alloc_ns(ctrl, nsid);
 }
@@ -1535,9 +1539,11 @@ static int nvme_scan_ns_list(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nn)
 			nvme_validate_ns(ctrl, nsid);
 
 			while (++prev < nsid) {
-				ns = nvme_find_ns(ctrl, prev);
-				if (ns)
+				ns = nvme_find_get_ns(ctrl, prev);
+				if (ns) {
 					nvme_ns_remove(ns);
+					nvme_put_ns(ns);
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		nn -= j;
@@ -1552,8 +1558,6 @@ static void nvme_scan_ns_sequential(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, unsigned nn)
 	struct nvme_ns *ns, *next;
 	unsigned i;
 
-	lockdep_assert_held(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
-
 	for (i = 1; i <= nn; i++)
 		nvme_validate_ns(ctrl, i);
 
@@ -1576,7 +1580,6 @@ static void nvme_scan_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (nvme_identify_ctrl(ctrl, &id))
 		return;
 
-	mutex_lock(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
 	nn = le32_to_cpu(id->nn);
 	if (ctrl->vs >= NVME_VS(1, 1) &&
 	    !(ctrl->quirks & NVME_QUIRK_IDENTIFY_CNS)) {
@@ -1585,8 +1588,6 @@ static void nvme_scan_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 	nvme_scan_ns_sequential(ctrl, nn);
  done:
-	list_sort(NULL, &ctrl->namespaces, ns_cmp);
-	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
 	kfree(id);
 
 	if (ctrl->ops->post_scan)
@@ -1604,6 +1605,11 @@ void nvme_queue_scan(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_queue_scan);
 
+/*
+ * This function iterates the namespace list unlocked to allow recovery from
+ * controller failure. It is up to the caller to ensure the namespace list is
+ * not modified by scan work while this function is executing.
+ */
 void nvme_remove_namespaces(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
 	struct nvme_ns *ns, *next;
@@ -1617,10 +1623,8 @@ void nvme_remove_namespaces(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 	if (ctrl->state == NVME_CTRL_DEAD)
 		nvme_kill_queues(ctrl);
 
-	mutex_lock(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(ns, next, &ctrl->namespaces, list)
 		nvme_ns_remove(ns);
-	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_remove_namespaces);
 
@@ -1791,11 +1795,8 @@ void nvme_kill_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
 	struct nvme_ns *ns;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ns, &ctrl->namespaces, list) {
-		if (!kref_get_unless_zero(&ns->kref))
-			continue;
-
+	mutex_lock(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry(ns, &ctrl->namespaces, list) {
 		/*
 		 * Revalidating a dead namespace sets capacity to 0. This will
 		 * end buffered writers dirtying pages that can't be synced.
@@ -1806,10 +1807,8 @@ void nvme_kill_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 		blk_set_queue_dying(ns->queue);
 		blk_mq_abort_requeue_list(ns->queue);
 		blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues(ns->queue, true);
-
-		nvme_put_ns(ns);
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_kill_queues);
 
@@ -1817,8 +1816,8 @@ void nvme_stop_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
 	struct nvme_ns *ns;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ns, &ctrl->namespaces, list) {
+	mutex_lock(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry(ns, &ctrl->namespaces, list) {
 		spin_lock_irq(ns->queue->queue_lock);
 		queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED, ns->queue);
 		spin_unlock_irq(ns->queue->queue_lock);
@@ -1826,7 +1825,7 @@ void nvme_stop_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 		blk_mq_cancel_requeue_work(ns->queue);
 		blk_mq_stop_hw_queues(ns->queue);
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_stop_queues);
 
@@ -1834,13 +1833,13 @@ void nvme_start_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
 	struct nvme_ns *ns;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu(ns, &ctrl->namespaces, list) {
+	mutex_lock(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
+	list_for_each_entry(ns, &ctrl->namespaces, list) {
 		queue_flag_clear_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_STOPPED, ns->queue);
 		blk_mq_start_stopped_hw_queues(ns->queue, true);
 		blk_mq_kick_requeue_list(ns->queue);
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	mutex_unlock(&ctrl->namespaces_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_start_queues);
 
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#1 lore raw

PATCH v3 1/1 nvme: Remove RCU namespace protection

Quoted 8 lines · Keith Busch

We can't block with RCU read lock held, but we need to do potentially blocking stuff to namespace queues when iterating the list. This patch removes the rcu read locking.

Any list iteration that does IO has to be done unlocked to allow recovery. The caller must ensure the list can not be manipulated under such conditions. List iterations that do not issue IO can safely use the lock since it wouldn't block recovery from missing IO completions.

Ping? Would hate to release a kernel with obvious bugs.

\

Quoted 55 lines

This fixes these two BUGs:

 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at include/linux/writeback.h:185
 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 757, name: kworker/97:1
 CPU: 97 PID: 757 Comm: kworker/97:1 Tainted: G            E   4.6.0-2016-06-14+ #1
 Workqueue: pciehp-2 pciehp_power_thread
  0000000000000000 ffff880462377b38 ffffffff81310c61 ffff8804623704c0
  00000000000000b9 ffff880462377b50 ffffffff8108fe14 ffffffff81809e2a
  ffff880462377b78 ffffffff8108fea9 ffff880469eb4800 ffffc900011824a0
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff81310c61>] dump_stack+0x63/0x82
  [<ffffffff8108fe14>] ___might_sleep+0xd4/0x120
  [<ffffffff8108fea9>] __might_sleep+0x49/0x80
  [<ffffffff8120d060>] iget5_locked+0xa0/0x210
  [<ffffffff8122ac80>] ? bdev_test+0x20/0x20
  [<ffffffff8122b5ce>] bdget+0x3e/0x130
  [<ffffffff812f2b24>] bdget_disk+0x24/0x40
  [<ffffffff8122bd3d>] revalidate_disk+0x3d/0x90
  [<ffffffffa0483208>] nvme_kill_queues+0x38/0xc0 [nvme_core]
  [<ffffffffa04833da>] nvme_remove_namespaces+0x5a/0x60 [nvme_core]
  [<ffffffffa048340d>] nvme_uninit_ctrl+0x2d/0xa0 [nvme_core]
  [<ffffffffa085c9eb>] nvme_remove+0x5b/0x100 [nvme]
  [<ffffffff8135bfc9>] pci_device_remove+0x39/0xc0

And:

 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/workqueue.c:2783
 in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 0, pid: 1696, name: kworker/u16:0
 CPU: 3 PID: 1696 Comm: kworker/u16:0 Tainted: G           OE   4.6.0-rc3+ #197
 Hardware name: Dell Inc. OptiPlex 7010/0773VG, BIOS A12 01/10/2013
 Workqueue: nvme nvme_reset_work [nvme]
  0000000000000000 ffff8800d94d3a48 ffffffff81379e4c ffff88011a639640
  ffffffff81a12688 ffff8800d94d3a70 ffffffff81094814 ffffffff81a12688
  0000000000000adf 0000000000000000 ffff8800d94d3a98 ffffffff81094904
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff81379e4c>] dump_stack+0x85/0xc9
  [<ffffffff81094814>] ___might_sleep+0x144/0x1f0
  [<ffffffff81094904>] __might_sleep+0x44/0x80
  [<ffffffff81087b5e>] flush_work+0x6e/0x290
  [<ffffffff81087af0>] ? __queue_delayed_work+0x150/0x150
  [<ffffffff81126cf5>] ? irq_work_queue+0x75/0x90
  [<ffffffff810ca136>] ? wake_up_klogd+0x36/0x50
  [<ffffffff810b7fa6>] ? mark_held_locks+0x66/0x90
  [<ffffffff81088898>] ? __cancel_work_timer+0xf8/0x1c0
  [<ffffffff8108883b>] __cancel_work_timer+0x9b/0x1c0
  [<ffffffff810cadaa>] ? vprintk_default+0x1a/0x20
  [<ffffffff81142558>] ? printk+0x48/0x4a
  [<ffffffff8108896b>] cancel_work_sync+0xb/0x10
  [<ffffffff81350fb0>] blk_mq_cancel_requeue_work+0x10/0x20
  [<ffffffffc0813ae7>] nvme_stop_queues+0x167/0x1a0 [nvme_core]
  [<ffffffffc0813980>] ? nvme_kill_queues+0x190/0x190 [nvme_core]
  [<ffffffffc08cef51>] nvme_dev_disable+0x71/0x350 [nvme]
  [<ffffffff810b8f40>] ? __lock_acquire+0xa80/0x1ad0
  [<ffffffff810944b6>] ? finish_task_switch+0xa6/0x2c0
  [<ffffffffc08cffd4>] nvme_reset_work+0x214/0xd40 [nvme]
#2 lore raw

PATCH v3 1/1 nvme: Remove RCU namespace protection

Quoted 11 lines · Keith Busch
Quoted 8 lines · Keith Busch

We can't block with RCU read lock held, but we need to do potentially blocking stuff to namespace queues when iterating the list. This patch removes the rcu read locking.

Any list iteration that does IO has to be done unlocked to allow recovery. The caller must ensure the list can not be manipulated under such conditions. List iterations that do not issue IO can safely use the lock since it wouldn't block recovery from missing IO completions.

Ping? Would hate to release a kernel with obvious bugs.

Where are the other two patches from this series?

#3 lore raw

PATCH v3 1/1 nvme: Remove RCU namespace protection

Quoted 1 line · Christoph Hellwig

Where are the other two patches from this series?

Those only applied to 4.8, so I'll resend those separately. Right now I only care about 4.7 to stop the same bug reports hitting my inbox.

maintainer
#4 lore raw

PATCH v3 1/1 nvme: Remove RCU namespace protection

In reply to Keith Busch
Quoted 11 lines · Keith Busch
Quoted 8 lines · Keith Busch

We can't block with RCU read lock held, but we need to do potentially blocking stuff to namespace queues when iterating the list. This patch removes the rcu read locking.

Any list iteration that does IO has to be done unlocked to allow recovery. The caller must ensure the list can not be manipulated under such conditions. List iterations that do not issue IO can safely use the lock since it wouldn't block recovery from missing IO completions.

Ping? Would hate to release a kernel with obvious bugs.

I'm going back and forth on this... This isn't a regression for 4.7, is it? If so, I'd be a lot more comfortable queuing this up for 4.8 (marked stable) instead. It'll be another late addition, causing issues when it comes time to merge for-4.8/drivers in the next merge window.

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#5 lore raw

PATCH v3 1/1 nvme: Remove RCU namespace protection

Quoted 4 lines · Jens Axboe

I'm going back and forth on this... This isn't a regression for 4.7, is it? If so, I'd be a lot more comfortable queuing this up for 4.8 (marked stable) instead. It'll be another late addition, causing issues when it comes time to merge for-4.8/drivers in the next merge window.

It's a 4.7 regression.

#6 lore raw

PATCH v3 1/1 nvme: Remove RCU namespace protection

Quoted 7 lines · Christoph Hellwig
Quoted 4 lines · Jens Axboe

I'm going back and forth on this... This isn't a regression for 4.7, is it? If so, I'd be a lot more comfortable queuing this up for 4.8 (marked stable) instead. It'll be another late addition, causing issues when it comes time to merge for-4.8/drivers in the next merge window.

It's a 4.7 regression.

Two questions, then:

1) Why isn't it marked as such? Should have a Fixes tag.
2) It's so large... Not really a question, other than, how can we make it smaller/more contained?

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#7 lore raw

PATCH v3 1/1 nvme: Remove RCU namespace protection

Quoted 7 lines · Jens Axboe
Quoted 6 lines · Christoph Hellwig
Quoted 4 lines · Jens Axboe

I'm going back and forth on this... This isn't a regression for 4.7, is it? If so, I'd be a lot more comfortable queuing this up for 4.8 (marked stable) instead. It'll be another late addition, causing issues when it comes time to merge for-4.8/drivers in the next merge window.

Quoted 5 lines
Quoted 1 line

It's a 4.7 regression.

Two questions, then:

1) Why isn't it marked as such? Should have a Fixes tag.

Sorry, my fault. I missed appending the "fixes" in later revisions as this evovled. Should have:

Reported-by Ming Lin <mlin at kernel.org>
[fixes 0bf77e9 nvme: switch to RCU freeing the namespace]
Quoted 2 lines

2) It's so large... Not really a question, other than, how can we make it smaller/more contained?

Fair enough. Part of the changes are not absolutely necessary (the ordered insertion, for example). I'll resend a smaller patch with the appropriate tags.

maintainer
#8 lore raw

PATCH v3 1/1 nvme: Remove RCU namespace protection

Quoted 20 lines · Keith Busch
Quoted 7 lines · Jens Axboe
Quoted 6 lines · Christoph Hellwig
Quoted 4 lines · Jens Axboe

I'm going back and forth on this... This isn't a regression for 4.7, is it? If so, I'd be a lot more comfortable queuing this up for 4.8 (marked stable) instead. It'll be another late addition, causing issues when it comes time to merge for-4.8/drivers in the next merge window.

Quoted 5 lines
Quoted 1 line

It's a 4.7 regression.

Two questions, then:

1) Why isn't it marked as such? Should have a Fixes tag.

Sorry, my fault. I missed appending the "fixes" in later revisions as this evovled. Should have:

Reported-by Ming Lin <mlin at kernel.org>
[fixes 0bf77e9 nvme: switch to RCU freeing the namespace]
Quoted 6 lines
Quoted 2 lines

2) It's so large... Not really a question, other than, how can we make it smaller/more contained?

Fair enough. Part of the changes are not absolutely necessary (the ordered insertion, for example). I'll resend a smaller patch with the appropriate tags.

Thanks, please do. The smaller, the better...

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Jens Axboe