There are two handlers in question here, the listener cm_id and
the connection cm_id. The connection cma_id should definitely trigger
disconnect and resource cleanup. The question is should the listener
cma_id (which maps to the isert network portal - np) recreate the
cma_id in this event.

1) How connection cm_id and isert_conn are created:
[cma.c]     - cma_ib_req_handler()
                 - * Create conn_id via cma_ib_new_conn_id(listen_id)
                 - * Calls isert_connect_request(conn_id)
[ib_isert.c] - - isert_connect_request(cma_id)
                 - - * isert_conn = kzalloc()
                 - - * isert_conn->cm_id = cma_id

2) Acceptance of the connection request starts after creating the listener cm_id:
[ib_isert.c] - isert_setup_id()
[ib_isert.c] - - rdma_listen()
[cma.c]      - - - cma_ib_listen()
[cma.c]      - - - - ib_cm_insert_listen(cma_ib_req_handler)


3) Processing RDMA_CM_EVENT_ADDR_CHANGE for connection cm_id:
[ib_isert.c] - rdma_disconnect(cm_id)
[ib_isert.c] - rdma_destroy_id(cm_id)
[ib_isert.c] - kfree(iser_conn)

4) Processing RDMA_CM_EVENT_ADDR_CHANGE for listener cm_id:

Since iser_conn has been freed, it needs to be recreated.

There are 2 options here:
a) listener cm_id needs to be recreated, it calls rdma_listen(),
which in turn initiates the acceptance of the connection request,
after which iser_conn will be created.

b) listener cm_id does not need to be recreated,
that is, RDMA_CM_EVENT_ADDR_CHANGE is informative for it.

I have tested my test case with the following patch that matches point b:

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
index 636d590765f9578c0ff595cdf74b79400bfa66ed..54f615828961576ffa1f74c8b9781a5cf48512a3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/isert/ib_isert.c

@@ -601,6 +601,8 @@ static int
 isert_np_cma_handler(struct isert_np *isert_np,
 		     enum rdma_cm_event_type event)
 {
+	int ret = -1;
+
 	isert_dbg("%s (%d): isert np %p\n",
 		  rdma_event_msg(event), event, isert_np);
 

@@ -609,19 +611,14 @@ isert_np_cma_handler(struct isert_np *isert_np,
 		isert_np->cm_id = NULL;
 		break;
 	case RDMA_CM_EVENT_ADDR_CHANGE:
-		isert_np->cm_id = isert_setup_id(isert_np);
-		if (IS_ERR(isert_np->cm_id)) {
-			isert_err("isert np %p setup id failed: %ld\n",
-				  isert_np, PTR_ERR(isert_np->cm_id));
-			isert_np->cm_id = NULL;
-		}
+		ret = 0;
 		break;
 	default:
 		isert_err("isert np %p Unexpected event %d\n",
 			  isert_np, event);
 	}
 
-	return -1;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int

As a result, the listener cm_id remained, the connection request did not come, isert_conn was not recreated.
On the initiator, the load dropped to 0 and then ended.


With my patch that matches point a, the listener cm_id was recreated -> connection request was received -> isert_conn was created.

Based on the above, I can conclude that the RDMA_CM_EVENT_ADDR_CHANGE event is not informative for the listener cm_id.

Best regards,
Chesnokov Gleb