tree 01af7f763c301355719201b7b531072c78bc5415
parent 420eb6d7efc4591ef1968106cdaa980ea06fe00e
author Jitendra Bhivare <jitendra.bhivare@avagotech.com> 1453279245 +0530
committer Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> 1456280822 -0500

be2iscsi: Fix soft lockup in mgmt_get_all_if_id path using bmbx

We are taking mbox_lock spinlock which disables pre-emption before we
poll for mbox completion. Waiting there with spinlock held in excess of
20s will cause soft lockup.

Actual fix is to change mbox_lock to mutex. The changes are done in
phases. This is the first part.

1. Changed mgmt_get_all_if_id to use MCC where after posting lock is
released.

2. Changed be_mbox_db_ready_wait to busy wait for 12s max and removed
wait_event_timeout. Added error handling code for IO reads.
OPCODE_COMMON_QUERY_FIRMWARE_CONFIG mbox command takes 8s time when
unreachable boot targets configured.

Signed-off-by: Jitendra Bhivare <jitendra.bhivare@avagotech.com>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>