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    nvme_fc: add module to ops template to allow module references · 863fbae9
    James Smart authored
    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: default avatarHimanshu Madhani <hmadhani@marvell.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJames Smart <jsmart2021@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarKeith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>
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