e164471dcf
Right now ns->head->lock is protecting namespace mutation
which is wrong and unneeded. Move it to only protect
against head mutations. While we're at it, remove unnecessary
ns->head reference as we already have head pointer.
The problem with this is that the head->lock spans
mpath disk node I/O that may block under some conditions (if
for example the controller is disconnecting or the path
became inaccessible), The locking scheme does not allow any
other path to enable itself, preventing blocked I/O to complete
and forward-progress from there.
This is a preparation patch for the fix in a subsequent patch
where the disk I/O will also be done outside the head->lock.
Fixes: 0d0b660f214d ("nvme: add ANA support")
Signed-off-by: Anton Eidelman <anton@lightbitslabs.com>
Signed-off-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagi@grimberg.me>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Linux kernel
============
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.