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While testing NPIV and link bounces, the vport would not show a fabric node for the F_Port, would not transition into NPR state during a link fault, or leave the FDMI node untouched during error injection. Cause for this was determined to be an inconsistent manner in which F_Port, Nameserver, and FDMI controller nodes were created and linked. In some cases, the nodes would never be unregistered from the transport, leaving references active. In other cases, the fabric nodes may register with the transport multiple times while still registered. The following changes were made: - Fix the FDISC issue routine, which starts vport (re)creation, to mark the F_Port as a fabric node (NLP_FABRIC) and allow the F_Port node to fully be created and show up in the node list. - When remote ports are cleaned up on vport termination, cleanup the nameserver and FDMI controller nodes on the vport so they unregister from the transport. - On link bounces, don't exclude the NPIV Fabric remote ports from transitioning to the NPR state, allowing them to avoid re-registration if already registered. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201115192646.12977-9-james.smart@broadcom.com Co-developed-by: Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@broadcom.com> 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.
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.