Re: [PATCH V2] scsi: libsas: Directly kick-off EH when ATA device fell off

[Damien Le Moal]

On 12/20/22 00:55, John Garry wrote:
> On 19/12/2022 15:28, Jason Yan wrote:
>>>> +    if (test_bit(SAS_DEV_GONE, &dev->state) && dev_is_sata(dev))
>>>> +        sas_ata_device_link_abort(dev, false);
>>>
>>> Firstly, I think that there is a bug in sas_ata_device_link_abort() -> 
>>> ata_link_abort() code in that the host lock in not grabbed, as the 
>>> comment in ata_port_abort() mentions. Having said that, libsas had 
>>> already some dodgy host locking usage - specifically dropping the lock 
>>> for the queuing path (that's something else to be fixed up ... I think 
>>
>> Taking big locks in queuing path is not a good idea. This will bring 
>> down performance.
> 
> But it is expected that ata_qc_issue() should be called with that the 
> host lock grabbed (and keep it).
> 
> I think that the reason libsas drops the lock is because some LLDD 
> queuecommand CBs calls task_done() in some error paths. If we kept the 
> lock held, then we could have a deadlock, for example:
> 
> sas_ata_qc_issue (has lock) -> lldd_execute_task() = 
> pm8001_queue_command() -> task_done() = sas_ata_task_done() -> grab host 
> lock => deadlock.

That should be easily solvable using a workqueue for doing task_done(), no ?

> 
> Thanks,
> John

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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research