** Description changed:

  [IMPACT]
  This upstream commit:
  
- 863fbae929c7a5b64e96b8a3ffb34a29eefb9f8f 
+ 863fbae929c7a5b64e96b8a3ffb34a29eefb9f8f
  nvme_fc: add module to ops template to allow module references
  
- was pulled into Focal as part of this bug: 
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1860125 
+ was pulled into Focal as part of this bug:
+ https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1860125
  
- and this commit into Focal: 
+ and this commit into Focal:
  a7441301b20dc8a7772972a092968bb353b7a642
  
  This patch was added to prevent the unloading of lpfc driver when doing
  NVMe BFS booting.  Broadcom has identified that this patch introduces a
  bug that prevents unloading of lpfc driver in the non-BFS case as well.
  
- Because of this, they have asked that we revert this patch and remove it
- from our kernel, and also said that they are working on a patch upstream
- to revert this as well.  As it may not land upstream in time to meet
- kernel freeze for Focal, I'm providing a patch to revert this commit in
- Focal.
+ 
+ Because of this, they have asked that we revert this patch and remove it from 
our kernel. Additionally, Broadcome have also said that they are working on a  
patch upstream to revert this as well. As it may not land upstream in time to 
meet kernel freeze for Focal, I'm providing a patch
+ to revert this commit directly.
+ 
  
  [FIXES]
  To resolve, revert the following commit ID in the Focal Tree:
  a7441301b20dc8a7772972a092968bb353b7a642
  nvme_fc: add module to ops template to allow module references
  
      BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1860125
  
      [ Upstream commit 863fbae929c7a5b64e96b8a3ffb34a29eefb9f8f ]
  
      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: Himanshu Madhani <[email protected]>
      Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
      Signed-off-by: James Smart <[email protected]>
      Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <[email protected]>
      Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <[email protected]>
      Signed-off-by: Paolo Pisati <[email protected]>
  
  An updated tree with the commit reverted can be found here:
  
https://code.launchpad.net/~bladernr/ubuntu/+source/linux/+git/focal/+ref/1869947-revert-lpfc-patch
  
  [REGRESSION RISK]
  Regression risk is low as this is a new patch introduced upstream and synced 
into a development release.  The patch only exists in our tree from 
Ubuntu-5.4-5.4.0-13.16 onwards and does not affect older kernels.

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