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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Hi Tom,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">No worries… thank you very much.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Thanks…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Ray<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Tom Freeman [mailto:thomas.freeman@wdc.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 16, 2017 12:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Robles, Raymond C <raymond.c.robles@intel.com>; Justina Lai <justina_lai@phison.com>; nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org<br>
<b>Cc:</b> umaparepalli@gmail.com; Larry Li <larry_li@phison.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [nvmewin] Compatibility issue with 1.5 version nvme driver<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ray, I just discovered this email - it was routed to my junk folder. I'll review early next week<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Subject: Re: [nvmewin] Compatibility issue with 1.5 version nvme driver<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">From: "Robles, Raymond C" <<a href="mailto:raymond.c.robles@intel.com">raymond.c.robles@intel.com</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Date: Jun 13, 2017, 3:31 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">To: Justina Lai <<a href="mailto:justina_lai@phison.com">justina_lai@phison.com</a>>,nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">Hi Justina,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">I’m still waiting for feedback from Samsung and HGST on your patch.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060;background:yellow">Tom/Judy/Suman</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060;background:yellow">,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060;background:yellow"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060;background:yellow">Can you please provide feedback on Phison’s patch for the BSOD fix for grabbing the same lock twice?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">Thanks…</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">Ray</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Justina Lai [<a href="mailto:justina_lai@phison.com">mailto:justina_lai@phison.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 25, 2017 7:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Robles, Raymond C <<a href="mailto:raymond.c.robles@intel.com">raymond.c.robles@intel.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Larry Li <<a href="mailto:larry_li@phison.com">larry_li@phison.com</a>>; 'umaparepalli@gmail.com' <<a href="mailto:umaparepalli@gmail.com">umaparepalli@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Compatibility issue with 1.5 version nvme driver</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Raymond,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for reply.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please find attachment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s modified based on 4/8 157 version.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Justina Lai<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">#5707<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Robles, Raymond C [<a href="mailto:raymond.c.robles@intel.com">mailto:raymond.c.robles@intel.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 26, 2017 1:36 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Justina Lai <<a href="mailto:justina_lai@phison.com">justina_lai@phison.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Larry Li <<a href="mailto:larry_li@phison.com">larry_li@phison.com</a>>; 'umaparepalli@gmail.com' <<a href="mailto:umaparepalli@gmail.com">umaparepalli@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Compatibility issue with 1.5 version nvme driver</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">Hi Justina,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">The issue you mention below is a known issue. I thought there was a patch pushed to fix this, but if not, then my recommendation is to provide a patch that resolves this issue.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">The main issue is for commands that require 2 child commands, the lock is acquired a second time for the second time on the completions side of the first child command. It should be a very simple
fix. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">Normally, I request that community members who find the issue submit patches to resolve this issue. This is our model. Could you please provide the patch for the fix?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">NOTE: Uma Parepalli is the new OFA chair and will handle this issue moving forward.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#002060">Thanks…<br>
Ray</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> nvmewin [<a href="mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org">mailto:nvmewin-bounces@lists.openfabrics.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Justina Lai<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 25, 2017 1:03 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org">nvmewin@lists.openfabrics.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Larry Li <<a href="mailto:larry_li@phison.com">larry_li@phison.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [nvmewin] Compatibility issue with 1.5 version nvme driver</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Sir/Madam,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are facing compatibility issue on our PS5007 NVMe device with recent 1.5 version nvme driver.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please check below issue description.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Phison PS5007 supports 7 IO queues, and if we use PS5007 with OFA driver on the platform core number>7, ex: 8-core or 12-core PC, we will see PC hang up and cannot enter OS like below:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="538" height="302" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D2E6AF.FAA0E780"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After debugging on our side, we found the fail is caused by below flow:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">……….<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-indent:-.25in">1.<span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">
</span>SntiTranslateModeSense()<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in">……….<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2.IoCompletionRoutine()<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> if (pDpc != NULL) {<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> ASSERT(pAE->ntldrDump == FALSE);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> if (<span style="color:red">pAE->MultipleCoresToSingleQueueFlag</span>) {<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color:red">StorPortAcquireSpinLock(pAE, StartIoLock, NULL, &StartLockHandle); --------------------</span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:red">à</span><span style="color:red"> execute lock</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> } else {<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> StorPortAcquireSpinLock(pAE, DpcLock, pDpc, &DpcLockhandle);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> }<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> }<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">………<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">callStorportNotification = pSrbExtension->pNvmeCompletionRoutine(pAE, (PVOID)pSrbExtension)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> && (pSrbExtension->pSrb != NULL);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">…….<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3.SntiTranslateModeSenseResponse()<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in">…….<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">case MODE_SENSE_RETURN_ALL:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">…….<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">if (supportsVwc == TRUE) {<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> pSrbExt->pNvmeCompletionRoutine = SntiCompletionCallbackRoutine;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> /* Finally, make sure we issue the GET FEATURES command */<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> SntiBuildGetFeaturesCmd(pSrbExt, VOLATILE_WRITE_CACHE);<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> ioStarted =
<span style="color:red">ProcessIo</span>(pSrbExt->pNvmeDevExt,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> pSrbExt,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> NVME_QUEUE_TYPE_ADMIN,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="color:red">TRUE</span>);<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">4.ProcessIo() <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> ……..<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> if (<span style="color:red">AcquireLock == TRUE</span>) {<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color:red">StorPortAcquireSpinLock</span>(pAdapterExtension,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> StartIoLock,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> NULL,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> &hStartIoLock); <span style="color:red">
----------------------</span><span style="font-family:Wingdings;color:red">à</span><span style="color:red"> double execute lock and cause (Assertion failure - code c0000420)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:red"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> } <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Since many users are now using our PS5007 device with 8-core or 12-core PC, they are facing this issue right now. Could you please help to modify driver to solve this problem asap?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any unclear point, please kindly let us know.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you very much for the help!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Justina Lai<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">#5707<o:p></o:p></p>
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