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When taking the board offline while performing i/o, unsafe locking errors occurred and irq level isn't properly managed. In lpfc_sli_hba_down, spin_lock_irqsave(&phba->hbalock, flags) does not disable softirqs raised from timer expiry. It is possible that a softirq is raised from the lpfc_els_retry_delay routine and recursively requests the same phba->hbalock spinlock causing deadlock. Address the deadlocks by creating a new port_list lock. The softirq behavior can then be managed a level deeper into the calling sequences. Signed-off-by: Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: James Smart <james.smart@broadcom.com> Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.