[ewg] [PATCH 2/2] IB/iser: Ask the user to stop open-iscsi before stopping openibd on RH4

Erez Zilber erezz at voltaire.com
Mon Apr 21 03:17:07 PDT 2008


Vladimir Sokolovsky wrote:

> Erez Zilber wrote:
> > In RedHat 4, some OFED kernel modules (including open-iscsi modules)
> > use symbols that are encapsulated in ib_core (e.g. kfifo). ib_core
> > may not be unloaded before open-iscsi is unloaded. Therefore,
> disconnecting
> > from open-iscsi over iSER sessions is not suffiecient if the user
> tries to
> > stop openibd. The user must be prompted to stop open-iscsi before
> stopping
> > openibd.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Erez Zilber <erezz at voltaire.com>
> > ---
> >  ofed_scripts/ofa_kernel.spec |    7 +++++++
> >  1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/ofed_scripts/ofa_kernel.spec b/ofed_scripts/ofa_kernel.spec
> > index eed2484..01411e7 100755
> > --- a/ofed_scripts/ofa_kernel.spec
> > +++ b/ofed_scripts/ofa_kernel.spec
> > @@ -455,6 +455,13 @@ if [ -f /etc/SuSE-release ]; then
> >          fi
> >  fi
> > 
> > +# If it's RH4, open-iscsi must be stopped before openibd
> > +if [[ -f /etc/redhat-release && $(grep -c "Red Hat Enterprise Linux
> AS release 4" /etc/redhat-release) -eq 1 ]]; then
> > +    cat /etc/init.d/openibd | sed -e 's/Please logout from all
> open-iscsi over iSER sessions/Please stop open-iscsi:
> \/etc\/init.d\/iscsi stop/' > /etc/init.d/openibd.$$
> > +    mv /etc/init.d/openibd.$$ /etc/init.d/openibd
> > +    chmod +x /etc/init.d/openibd
> > +fi
> > +
> >  %if %{build_kernel_ib}
> >      echo >> %{IB_CONF_DIR}/openib.conf
> >      echo "# Load UCM module" >> %{IB_CONF_DIR}/openib.conf
>
> Erez,
> I changed your patch with the patch below:
> See, if this is OK.
>
>  From b0409a7d6a1e8f2cfc1de69994420622c6d70b50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Vladimir Sokolovsky <vlad at mellanox.co.il>
> Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:59:14 +0300
> Subject: [PATCH] In RedHat 4, some OFED kernel modules (including
> open-iscsi modules)
> use symbols that are encapsulated in ib_core (e.g. kfifo). ib_core
> may not be unloaded before open-iscsi is unloaded. Therefore,
> disconnecting
> from open-iscsi over iSER sessions is not suffiecient if the user tries to
> stop openibd. The user must be prompted to stop open-iscsi before stopping
> openibd.
>
> Signed-off-by: Erez Zilber <erezz at voltaire.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Sokolovsky <vlad at mellanox.co.il>
> ---
>   ofed_scripts/openibd |    7 ++++++-
>   1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/ofed_scripts/openibd b/ofed_scripts/openibd
> index 0e1325d..8272def 100755
> --- a/ofed_scripts/openibd
> +++ b/ofed_scripts/openibd
> @@ -1196,7 +1196,12 @@ stop()
>
>                   if [ $iser_session_cnt -gt 0 ]; then
>                           echo
> -                        echo "Please logout from all open-iscsi over
> iSER sessions"
> +                        # If it's RH4, open-iscsi must be stopped
> before openibd
> +                        if [[ -f /etc/redhat-release && $(grep -c
> "Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4" /etc/redhat-release) -eq 1 ]];
> then
> +                            echo "Please stop open-iscsi:
> /etc/init.d/iscsi stop"
> +                        else
> +                            echo "Please logout from all open-iscsi
> over iSER sessions"
> +                        fi
>                           echo "Then run \"$0 $ACTION\""
>                           echo
>                           exit 1
> --
> 1.5.2.5
>
>
I'm ok with your fix.

Erez




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