[3.13.y.z extended stable] Patch "Target/iser: Bail from accept_np if np_thread is trying to close" has been added to staging queue

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    Target/iser: Bail from accept_np if np_thread is trying to close

to the linux-3.13.y-queue branch of the 3.13.y.z extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

 http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.13.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.13.11.5.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.13.y.z tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From db73f61e9d1b4b28b35f5eee177eb646b5e4758b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sagi Grimberg <sagig at mellanox.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 17:44:22 +0300
Subject: Target/iser: Bail from accept_np if np_thread is trying to close

commit e346ab343f4f58c12a96725c7b13df9cc2ad56f6 upstream.

In case np_thread state is in RESET/SHUTDOWN/EXIT states,
no point for isert to stall there as we may get a hang in
case no one will wake it up later.

Signed-off-by: Sagi Grimberg <sagig at mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicholas Bellinger <nab at linux-iscsi.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
index 8ed268d..9b5381c 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
@@ -2701,9 +2701,14 @@ accept_wait:
 		return -ENODEV;

 	spin_lock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
-	if (np->np_thread_state == ISCSI_NP_THREAD_RESET) {
+	if (np->np_thread_state >= ISCSI_NP_THREAD_RESET) {
 		spin_unlock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
-		pr_debug("ISCSI_NP_THREAD_RESET for isert_accept_np\n");
+		pr_debug("np_thread_state %d for isert_accept_np\n",
+			 np->np_thread_state);
+		/**
+		 * No point in stalling here when np_thread
+		 * is in state RESET/SHUTDOWN/EXIT - bail
+		 **/
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&np->np_thread_lock);
--
1.9.1