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<title>scsi: target: pscsi: Fix bio_put() for error case</title>
<updated>2024-03-01T12:41:46+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Naohiro Aota</name>
<email>naohiro.aota@wdc.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-02-14T14:43:56+00:00</published>
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commit de959094eb2197636f7c803af0943cb9d3b35804 upstream.

As of commit 066ff571011d ("block: turn bio_kmalloc into a simple kmalloc
wrapper"), a bio allocated by bio_kmalloc() must be freed by bio_uninit()
and kfree(). That is not done properly for the error case, hitting WARN and
NULL pointer dereference in bio_free().

Fixes: 066ff571011d ("block: turn bio_kmalloc into a simple kmalloc wrapper")
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.1+
Signed-off-by: Naohiro Aota &lt;naohiro.aota@wdc.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240214144356.101814-1-naohiro.aota@wdc.com
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn &lt;johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit de959094eb2197636f7c803af0943cb9d3b35804 upstream.

As of commit 066ff571011d ("block: turn bio_kmalloc into a simple kmalloc
wrapper"), a bio allocated by bio_kmalloc() must be freed by bio_uninit()
and kfree(). That is not done properly for the error case, hitting WARN and
NULL pointer dereference in bio_free().

Fixes: 066ff571011d ("block: turn bio_kmalloc into a simple kmalloc wrapper")
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.1+
Signed-off-by: Naohiro Aota &lt;naohiro.aota@wdc.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240214144356.101814-1-naohiro.aota@wdc.com
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn &lt;johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>scsi: target: core: Add TMF to tmr_list handling</title>
<updated>2024-03-01T12:41:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Dmitry Bogdanov</name>
<email>d.bogdanov@yadro.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-01-11T12:59:41+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 83ab68168a3d990d5ff39ab030ad5754cbbccb25 ]

An abort that is responded to by iSCSI itself is added to tmr_list but does
not go to target core. A LUN_RESET that goes through tmr_list takes a
refcounter on the abort and waits for completion. However, the abort will
be never complete because it was not started in target core.

 Unable to locate ITT: 0x05000000 on CID: 0
 Unable to locate RefTaskTag: 0x05000000 on CID: 0.
 wait_for_tasks: Stopping tmf LUN_RESET with tag 0x0 ref_task_tag 0x0 i_state 34 t_state ISTATE_PROCESSING refcnt 2 transport_state active,stop,fabric_stop
 wait for tasks: tmf LUN_RESET with tag 0x0 ref_task_tag 0x0 i_state 34 t_state ISTATE_PROCESSING refcnt 2 transport_state active,stop,fabric_stop
...
 INFO: task kworker/0:2:49 blocked for more than 491 seconds.
 task:kworker/0:2     state:D stack:    0 pid:   49 ppid:     2 flags:0x00000800
 Workqueue: events target_tmr_work [target_core_mod]
Call Trace:
 __switch_to+0x2c4/0x470
 _schedule+0x314/0x1730
 schedule+0x64/0x130
 schedule_timeout+0x168/0x430
 wait_for_completion+0x140/0x270
 target_put_cmd_and_wait+0x64/0xb0 [target_core_mod]
 core_tmr_lun_reset+0x30/0xa0 [target_core_mod]
 target_tmr_work+0xc8/0x1b0 [target_core_mod]
 process_one_work+0x2d4/0x5d0
 worker_thread+0x78/0x6c0

To fix this, only add abort to tmr_list if it will be handled by target
core.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Bogdanov &lt;d.bogdanov@yadro.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240111125941.8688-1-d.bogdanov@yadro.com
Reviewed-by: Mike Christie &lt;michael.christie@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 83ab68168a3d990d5ff39ab030ad5754cbbccb25 ]

An abort that is responded to by iSCSI itself is added to tmr_list but does
not go to target core. A LUN_RESET that goes through tmr_list takes a
refcounter on the abort and waits for completion. However, the abort will
be never complete because it was not started in target core.

 Unable to locate ITT: 0x05000000 on CID: 0
 Unable to locate RefTaskTag: 0x05000000 on CID: 0.
 wait_for_tasks: Stopping tmf LUN_RESET with tag 0x0 ref_task_tag 0x0 i_state 34 t_state ISTATE_PROCESSING refcnt 2 transport_state active,stop,fabric_stop
 wait for tasks: tmf LUN_RESET with tag 0x0 ref_task_tag 0x0 i_state 34 t_state ISTATE_PROCESSING refcnt 2 transport_state active,stop,fabric_stop
...
 INFO: task kworker/0:2:49 blocked for more than 491 seconds.
 task:kworker/0:2     state:D stack:    0 pid:   49 ppid:     2 flags:0x00000800
 Workqueue: events target_tmr_work [target_core_mod]
Call Trace:
 __switch_to+0x2c4/0x470
 _schedule+0x314/0x1730
 schedule+0x64/0x130
 schedule_timeout+0x168/0x430
 wait_for_completion+0x140/0x270
 target_put_cmd_and_wait+0x64/0xb0 [target_core_mod]
 core_tmr_lun_reset+0x30/0xa0 [target_core_mod]
 target_tmr_work+0xc8/0x1b0 [target_core_mod]
 process_one_work+0x2d4/0x5d0
 worker_thread+0x78/0x6c0

To fix this, only add abort to tmr_list if it will be handled by target
core.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Bogdanov &lt;d.bogdanov@yadro.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240111125941.8688-1-d.bogdanov@yadro.com
Reviewed-by: Mike Christie &lt;michael.christie@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>scsi: target: core: add missing file_{start,end}_write()</title>
<updated>2024-01-25T23:45:13+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Amir Goldstein</name>
<email>amir73il@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-23T09:20:00+00:00</published>
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commit 0db1d53937fafa8bb96e077375691e16902f4899 upstream.

The callers of vfs_iter_write() are required to hold file_start_write().
file_start_write() is a no-op for the S_ISBLK() case, but it is really
needed when the backing file is a regular file.

We are going to move file_{start,end}_write() into vfs_iter_write(), but
we need to fix this first, so that the fix could be backported to stable
kernels.

Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ZV8ETIpM+wZa33B5@infradead.org/
Cc:  &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein &lt;amir73il@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231123092000.2665902-1-amir73il@gmail.com
Acked-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 0db1d53937fafa8bb96e077375691e16902f4899 upstream.

The callers of vfs_iter_write() are required to hold file_start_write().
file_start_write() is a no-op for the S_ISBLK() case, but it is really
needed when the backing file is a regular file.

We are going to move file_{start,end}_write() into vfs_iter_write(), but
we need to fix this first, so that the fix could be backported to stable
kernels.

Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ZV8ETIpM+wZa33B5@infradead.org/
Cc:  &lt;stable@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein &lt;amir73il@gmail.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231123092000.2665902-1-amir73il@gmail.com
Acked-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jens Axboe &lt;axboe@kernel.dk&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi</title>
<updated>2023-11-03T01:13:50+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2023-11-03T01:13:50+00:00</published>
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Pull SCSI updates from James Bottomley:
 "Updates to the usual drivers (ufs, megaraid_sas, lpfc, target, ibmvfc,
  scsi_debug) plus the usual assorted minor fixes and updates.

  The major change this time around is a prep patch for rethreading of
  the driver reset handler API not to take a scsi_cmd structure which
  starts to reduce various drivers' dependence on scsi_cmd in error
  handling"

* tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi: (132 commits)
  scsi: ufs: core: Leave space for '\0' in utf8 desc string
  scsi: ufs: core: Conversion to bool not necessary
  scsi: ufs: core: Fix race between force complete and ISR
  scsi: megaraid: Fix up debug message in megaraid_abort_and_reset()
  scsi: aic79xx: Fix up NULL command in ahd_done()
  scsi: message: fusion: Initialize return value in mptfc_bus_reset()
  scsi: mpt3sas: Fix loop logic
  scsi: snic: Remove useless code in snic_dr_clean_pending_req()
  scsi: core: Add comment to target_destroy in scsi_host_template
  scsi: core: Clean up scsi_dev_queue_ready()
  scsi: pmcraid: Add missing scsi_device_put() in pmcraid_eh_target_reset_handler()
  scsi: target: core: Fix kernel-doc comment
  scsi: pmcraid: Fix kernel-doc comment
  scsi: core: Handle depopulation and restoration in progress
  scsi: ufs: core: Add support for parsing OPP
  scsi: ufs: core: Add OPP support for scaling clocks and regulators
  scsi: ufs: dt-bindings: common: Add OPP table
  scsi: scsi_debug: Add param to control sdev's allow_restart
  scsi: scsi_debug: Add debugfs interface to fail target reset
  scsi: scsi_debug: Add new error injection type: Reset LUN failed
  ...
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Pull SCSI updates from James Bottomley:
 "Updates to the usual drivers (ufs, megaraid_sas, lpfc, target, ibmvfc,
  scsi_debug) plus the usual assorted minor fixes and updates.

  The major change this time around is a prep patch for rethreading of
  the driver reset handler API not to take a scsi_cmd structure which
  starts to reduce various drivers' dependence on scsi_cmd in error
  handling"

* tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi: (132 commits)
  scsi: ufs: core: Leave space for '\0' in utf8 desc string
  scsi: ufs: core: Conversion to bool not necessary
  scsi: ufs: core: Fix race between force complete and ISR
  scsi: megaraid: Fix up debug message in megaraid_abort_and_reset()
  scsi: aic79xx: Fix up NULL command in ahd_done()
  scsi: message: fusion: Initialize return value in mptfc_bus_reset()
  scsi: mpt3sas: Fix loop logic
  scsi: snic: Remove useless code in snic_dr_clean_pending_req()
  scsi: core: Add comment to target_destroy in scsi_host_template
  scsi: core: Clean up scsi_dev_queue_ready()
  scsi: pmcraid: Add missing scsi_device_put() in pmcraid_eh_target_reset_handler()
  scsi: target: core: Fix kernel-doc comment
  scsi: pmcraid: Fix kernel-doc comment
  scsi: core: Handle depopulation and restoration in progress
  scsi: ufs: core: Add support for parsing OPP
  scsi: ufs: core: Add OPP support for scaling clocks and regulators
  scsi: ufs: dt-bindings: common: Add OPP table
  scsi: scsi_debug: Add param to control sdev's allow_restart
  scsi: scsi_debug: Add debugfs interface to fail target reset
  scsi: scsi_debug: Add new error injection type: Reset LUN failed
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>scsi: target: Convert to bdev_open_by_path()</title>
<updated>2023-10-28T11:29:19+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jan Kara</name>
<email>jack@suse.cz</email>
</author>
<published>2023-09-27T09:34:21+00:00</published>
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Convert iblock and pscsi drivers to use bdev_open_by_path() and pass the
handle around.

CC: target-devel@vger.kernel.org
CC: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Acked-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230927093442.25915-15-jack@suse.cz
Reviewed-by: "Martin K. Petersen" &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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Convert iblock and pscsi drivers to use bdev_open_by_path() and pass the
handle around.

CC: target-devel@vger.kernel.org
CC: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Acked-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230927093442.25915-15-jack@suse.cz
Reviewed-by: "Martin K. Petersen" &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner &lt;brauner@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>scsi: target: core: Fix kernel-doc comment</title>
<updated>2023-10-25T02:23:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yang Li</name>
<email>yang.lee@linux.alibaba.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-10-17T03:09:13+00:00</published>
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Fix kernel-doc comment to silence the warnings:

drivers/target/target_core_transport.c:1930: warning: Excess function parameter 'cmd' description in 'target_submit'
drivers/target/target_core_transport.c:1930: warning: Function parameter or member 'se_cmd' not described in 'target_submit'

Reported-by: Abaci Robot &lt;abaci@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Closes: https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=6844
Signed-off-by: Yang Li &lt;yang.lee@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231017030913.89973-1-yang.lee@linux.alibaba.com
Reviewed-by: Mike Christie &lt;michael.christie@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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Fix kernel-doc comment to silence the warnings:

drivers/target/target_core_transport.c:1930: warning: Excess function parameter 'cmd' description in 'target_submit'
drivers/target/target_core_transport.c:1930: warning: Function parameter or member 'se_cmd' not described in 'target_submit'

Reported-by: Abaci Robot &lt;abaci@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Closes: https://bugzilla.openanolis.cn/show_bug.cgi?id=6844
Signed-off-by: Yang Li &lt;yang.lee@linux.alibaba.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231017030913.89973-1-yang.lee@linux.alibaba.com
Reviewed-by: Mike Christie &lt;michael.christie@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge patch series "scsi: target: Allow userspace to config cmd submission"</title>
<updated>2023-10-13T19:56:37+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Martin K. Petersen</name>
<email>martin.petersen@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-10-13T19:56:37+00:00</published>
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Mike Christie &lt;michael.christie@oracle.com&gt; says:

The following patches were made over Linus's tree but apply over
Martin's branches. They allow userspace to configure how fabric
drivers submit cmds to backend drivers.

Right now loop and vhost use a worker thread, and the other drivers
submit from the contexts they receive/process the cmd from. For
multiple LUN cases where the target can queue more cmds than the
backend can handle then deferring to a worker thread is safest because
the backend driver can block when doing things like waiting for a free
request/tag. Deferring also helps when the target has to handle
transport level requests from the recv context.

For cases where the backend devices can queue everything the target
sends, then there is no need to defer to a workqueue and you can see a
perf boost of up to 26% for small IO workloads. For a nvme device and
vhost-scsi I can see with 4K IOs:

fio jobs        1       2       4       8       10
--------------------------------------------------
workqueue
submit        94K     190K    394K    770K    890K

direct
submit       128K     252K    488K    950K    -

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1b1f7a5c-0988-45f9-b103-dfed2c0405b1@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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Mike Christie &lt;michael.christie@oracle.com&gt; says:

The following patches were made over Linus's tree but apply over
Martin's branches. They allow userspace to configure how fabric
drivers submit cmds to backend drivers.

Right now loop and vhost use a worker thread, and the other drivers
submit from the contexts they receive/process the cmd from. For
multiple LUN cases where the target can queue more cmds than the
backend can handle then deferring to a worker thread is safest because
the backend driver can block when doing things like waiting for a free
request/tag. Deferring also helps when the target has to handle
transport level requests from the recv context.

For cases where the backend devices can queue everything the target
sends, then there is no need to defer to a workqueue and you can see a
perf boost of up to 26% for small IO workloads. For a nvme device and
vhost-scsi I can see with 4K IOs:

fio jobs        1       2       4       8       10
--------------------------------------------------
workqueue
submit        94K     190K    394K    770K    890K

direct
submit       128K     252K    488K    950K    -

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1b1f7a5c-0988-45f9-b103-dfed2c0405b1@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>scsi: target: Export fabric driver direct submit settings</title>
<updated>2023-10-13T19:53:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mike Christie</name>
<email>michael.christie@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-09-28T02:09:07+00:00</published>
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This exports the fabric driver's direct submit settings, so users know what
the driver supports. It will be helpful when they are exporting a device
through different targets and one doesn't support direct submission.

The new files allow the fabric to report what submission types they default
to and if they support direct submission:

default_submit_type:

 1 - TARGET_DIRECT_SUBMIT - If the user has not requested a specific value
     then the fabric requests direct submission.

 2 - TARGET_QUEUE_SUBMIT - If the user has not requested a specific value
     then the fabric requests queued submission.

Note that these fabric values are based on what the fabric driver currently
defaults to for compat with exiting setups.

direct_submit_supported:

 0 - The fabric does not support direct submission.

 1 - The fabric supports direct submission.

Signed-off-by: Mike Christie &lt;michael.christie@oracle.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230928020907.5730-8-michael.christie@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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This exports the fabric driver's direct submit settings, so users know what
the driver supports. It will be helpful when they are exporting a device
through different targets and one doesn't support direct submission.

The new files allow the fabric to report what submission types they default
to and if they support direct submission:

default_submit_type:

 1 - TARGET_DIRECT_SUBMIT - If the user has not requested a specific value
     then the fabric requests direct submission.

 2 - TARGET_QUEUE_SUBMIT - If the user has not requested a specific value
     then the fabric requests queued submission.

Note that these fabric values are based on what the fabric driver currently
defaults to for compat with exiting setups.

direct_submit_supported:

 0 - The fabric does not support direct submission.

 1 - The fabric supports direct submission.

Signed-off-by: Mike Christie &lt;michael.christie@oracle.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230928020907.5730-8-michael.christie@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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<title>scsi: target: core: Unexport target_queue_submission()</title>
<updated>2023-10-13T19:53:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mike Christie</name>
<email>michael.christie@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-09-28T02:09:06+00:00</published>
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target_queue_submission() is not called by drivers anymore so unexport it.

Signed-off-by: Mike Christie &lt;michael.christie@oracle.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230928020907.5730-7-michael.christie@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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target_queue_submission() is not called by drivers anymore so unexport it.

Signed-off-by: Mike Christie &lt;michael.christie@oracle.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230928020907.5730-7-michael.christie@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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<title>scsi: target: Allow userspace to request direct submissions</title>
<updated>2023-10-13T19:53:58+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mike Christie</name>
<email>michael.christie@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-09-28T02:09:05+00:00</published>
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This allows userspace to request the fabric drivers do direct submissions
if they support it. With the new device file, submit_type, users can
write 0 - 2 to control how commands are submitted to the backend:

 0 - TARGET_FABRIC_DEFAULT_SUBMIT - LIO will use the fabric's default
     submission type. This is the default for compat.

 1 - TARGET_DIRECT_SUBMIT - LIO will submit the cmd to the backend from the
     calling context if the fabric the cmd was received on supports it,
     else it will use the fabric's default type.

 2 - TARGET_QUEUE_SUBMIT - LIO will queue the cmd to the LIO submission
     workqueue which will pass it to the backend.

When using an NVMe drive and vhost-scsi with direct submission we see
around a 20% improvement in 4K I/Os:

fio jobs        1       2       4       8       10
--------------------------------------------------
defer           94K     190K    394K    770K    890K
direct          128K    252K    488K    950K    -

And when using the queueing mode, we now no longer see issues like where
the iSCSI tx thread is blocked in the block layer waiting on a tag so it
can't respond to a nop or perform I/Os for other LUs.

Signed-off-by: Mike Christie &lt;michael.christie@oracle.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230928020907.5730-6-michael.christie@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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This allows userspace to request the fabric drivers do direct submissions
if they support it. With the new device file, submit_type, users can
write 0 - 2 to control how commands are submitted to the backend:

 0 - TARGET_FABRIC_DEFAULT_SUBMIT - LIO will use the fabric's default
     submission type. This is the default for compat.

 1 - TARGET_DIRECT_SUBMIT - LIO will submit the cmd to the backend from the
     calling context if the fabric the cmd was received on supports it,
     else it will use the fabric's default type.

 2 - TARGET_QUEUE_SUBMIT - LIO will queue the cmd to the LIO submission
     workqueue which will pass it to the backend.

When using an NVMe drive and vhost-scsi with direct submission we see
around a 20% improvement in 4K I/Os:

fio jobs        1       2       4       8       10
--------------------------------------------------
defer           94K     190K    394K    770K    890K
direct          128K    252K    488K    950K    -

And when using the queueing mode, we now no longer see issues like where
the iSCSI tx thread is blocked in the block layer waiting on a tag so it
can't respond to a nop or perform I/Os for other LUs.

Signed-off-by: Mike Christie &lt;michael.christie@oracle.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230928020907.5730-6-michael.christie@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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