[PATCH 04/17] cxlflash: Schedule asynchronous reset of the host

Matthew R. Ochs mrochs at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Jun 23 05:55:09 AEST 2017


> On Jun 21, 2017, at 9:14 PM, Uma Krishnan <ukrishn at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> A context reset failure indicates the AFU is in a bad state. At present,
> when such a situation occurs, no further action is taken. This leaves the
> adapter in an unusable state with no recoverable actions.
> 
> To avoid this situation, context reset failures will be escalated to a host
> reset operation. This will be done asynchronously to allow the acting
> thread to return to the user with a failure.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Uma Krishnan <ukrishn at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Acked-by: Matthew R. Ochs <mrochs at linux.vnet.ibm.com>



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