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In nvme-fc: it's possible to have connected active controllers and as no references are taken on the LLDD, the LLDD can be unloaded. The controller would enter a reconnect state and as long as the LLDD resumed within the reconnect timeout, the controller would resume. But if a namespace on the controller is the root device, allowing the driver to unload can be problematic. To reload the driver, it may require new io to the boot device, and as it's no longer connected we get into a catch-22 that eventually fails, and the system locks up. Fix this issue by taking a module reference for every connected controller (which is what the core layer did to the transport module). Reference is cleared when the controller is removed. Acked-by: Himanshu Madhani <hmadhani@marvell.com> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Signed-off-by: James Smart <jsmart2021@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.