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Commit 2c7da8e6 authored by Gerd Rausch's avatar Gerd Rausch Committed by David S. Miller
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net/rds: Give fr_state a chance to transition to FRMR_IS_FREE



In the context of FRMR (ib_frmr.c):

Memory regions make it onto the "clean_list" via "rds_ib_flush_mr_pool",
after the memory region has been posted for invalidation via
"rds_ib_post_inv".

At that point in time, "fr_state" may still be in state "FRMR_IS_INUSE",
since the only place where "fr_state" transitions to "FRMR_IS_FREE"
is in "rds_ib_mr_cqe_handler", which is triggered by a tasklet.

So in case we notice that "fr_state != FRMR_IS_FREE" (see below),
we wait for "fr_inv_done" to trigger with a maximum of 10msec.
Then we check again, and only put the memory region onto the drop_list
(via "rds_ib_free_frmr") in case the situation remains unchanged.

This avoids the problem of memory-regions bouncing between "clean_list"
and "drop_list" before they even have a chance to be properly invalidated.

Signed-off-by: default avatarGerd Rausch <gerd.rausch@oracle.com>
Acked-by: default avatarSantosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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