Re: [PATCH v2 25/33] ibmvfc: process NVMe/FC rports in work thread

Tyrel Datwyler <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:06:47 -0700
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-scsi,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.ozlabs.lists.linuxppc-dev
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 7/29/26 11:52 PM, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> Hi Tyrel,
> 
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2026 at 05:01:41PM -0700, Tyrel Datwyler wrote:
>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c
>> index 81d9229bf388..ffb579816e84 100644
>> --- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c
>> @@ -6073,6 +6119,30 @@ static void ibmvfc_do_work(struct ibmvfc_host *vhost)
>>  			}
>>  		}
>>  
>> +		list_for_each_entry(tgt, &vhost->nvme_scrqs.targets, queue) {
>> +			if (tgt->action == IBMVFC_TGT_ACTION_DEL_RPORT) {
>> +				tgt_dbg(tgt, "Deleteing NVMe rport\n");
>> +				nvme_rport = tgt->nvme_remote_port;
>> +				list_del(&tgt->queue);
>> +				ibmvfc_set_tgt_action(tgt, IBMVFC_TGT_ACTION_DELETED_RPORT);
>> +				spin_unlock_irqrestore(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
>> +				if (nvme_rport)
>> +					ibmvfc_nvme_unregister_remoteport(tgt);
>> +				timer_delete_sync(&tgt->timer);
>> +				kref_put(&tgt->kref, ibmvfc_release_tgt);
>> +				return;
>> +			} else if (rport && tgt->action == IBMVFC_TGT_ACTION_DEL_AND_LOGOUT_RPORT) {
>> +				tgt_dbg(tgt, "Deleting NVMe rport with outstanding I/O\n");
>> +				nvme_rport = tgt->nvme_remote_port;
>> +				ibmvfc_set_tgt_action(tgt, IBMVFC_TGT_ACTION_LOGOUT_DELETED_RPORT);
>> +				tgt->init_retries = 0;
>> +				spin_unlock_irqrestore(vhost->host->host_lock, flags);
>> +				if (nvme_rport)
>> +					ibmvfc_nvme_unregister_remoteport(tgt);
>> +				return;
>> +			}
>> +		}
>> +
>>  		if (vhost->state == IBMVFC_INITIALIZING) {
>>  			if (vhost->action == IBMVFC_HOST_ACTION_TGT_DEL_FAILED) {
>>  				if (vhost->reinit) {
> 
> There is a warning from clang after this change landed in -next as
> commit 696d1cc2aaa2 ("scsi: ibmvfc: process NVMe/FC rports in work
> thread"), breaking the build when -Werror is enabled:
> 
>   drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c:6154:15: error: variable 'rport' is uninitialized when used here [-Werror,-Wuninitialized]
>    6154 |                         } else if (rport && tgt->action == IBMVFC_TGT_ACTION_DEL_AND_LOGOUT_RPORT) {
>         |                                    ^~~~~
> 
> Sashiko appears to point this out as well:
> 
>   https://lore.kernel.org/[email protected]/
> 
> But I am not sure that its suggestion to use nvme_rport is correct given
> the context of this code, hence just the report from my end.
> 

I've already arrived at the conculsion that I will have to spin a v3 of this
series based on a few of the issues raised. Thanks for the heads up on the clang
warning.

-Tyrel