The kref for Fabric_DID ndlps is not decremented after repeated FDISC
failures and exhausting maximum allowed retries. This can leave the
ndlp lingering unnecessarily. Add a test and set bit operation for the
NLP_DROPPED flag. If not previously set, then a kref is decremented. The
ndlp is freed when the remaining reference for the completing ELS is
put.
Signed-off-by: Justin Tee <justin.tee@broadcom.com>
Message-ID: <
20250915180811.137530-6-justintee8345@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
lpfc_vlog_msg(vport, KERN_WARNING, LOG_ELS,
"0126 FDISC cmpl status: x%x/x%x)\n",
ulp_status, ulp_word4);
+
+ /* drop initial reference */
+ if (!test_and_set_bit(NLP_DROPPED, &ndlp->nlp_flag))
+ lpfc_nlp_put(ndlp);
+
goto fdisc_failed;
}