diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index 093803786eac..5b6ee21368a6 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ static int smc_release(struct socket *sock)
 		schedule_delayed_work(&smc->sock_put_work,
 				      SMC_CLOSE_SOCK_PUT_DELAY);
 	}
-	sk->sk_prot->unhash(sk);
 	release_sock(sk);
 
 	sock_put(sk);
@@ -451,6 +450,9 @@ static int smc_connect_rdma(struct smc_sock *smc)
 		goto decline_rdma_unlock;
 	}
 
+	smc_close_init(smc);
+	smc_rx_init(smc);
+
 	if (local_contact == SMC_FIRST_CONTACT) {
 		rc = smc_ib_ready_link(link);
 		if (rc) {
@@ -477,7 +479,6 @@ static int smc_connect_rdma(struct smc_sock *smc)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&smc_create_lgr_pending);
 	smc_tx_init(smc);
-	smc_rx_init(smc);
 
 out_connected:
 	smc_copy_sock_settings_to_clc(smc);
@@ -637,7 +638,8 @@ struct sock *smc_accept_dequeue(struct sock *parent,
 
 		smc_accept_unlink(new_sk);
 		if (new_sk->sk_state == SMC_CLOSED) {
-			/* tbd in follow-on patch: close this sock */
+			new_sk->sk_prot->unhash(new_sk);
+			sock_put(new_sk);
 			continue;
 		}
 		if (new_sock)
@@ -657,8 +659,13 @@ void smc_close_non_accepted(struct sock *sk)
 	if (!sk->sk_lingertime)
 		/* wait for peer closing */
 		sk->sk_lingertime = SMC_MAX_STREAM_WAIT_TIMEOUT;
-	if (!smc->use_fallback)
+	if (smc->use_fallback) {
+		sk->sk_state = SMC_CLOSED;
+	} else {
 		smc_close_active(smc);
+		sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD);
+		sk->sk_shutdown |= SHUTDOWN_MASK;
+	}
 	if (smc->clcsock) {
 		struct socket *tcp;
 
@@ -666,11 +673,9 @@ void smc_close_non_accepted(struct sock *sk)
 		smc->clcsock = NULL;
 		sock_release(tcp);
 	}
-	sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD);
-	sk->sk_shutdown |= SHUTDOWN_MASK;
 	if (smc->use_fallback) {
 		schedule_delayed_work(&smc->sock_put_work, TCP_TIMEWAIT_LEN);
-	} else {
+	} else if (sk->sk_state == SMC_CLOSED) {
 		smc_conn_free(&smc->conn);
 		schedule_delayed_work(&smc->sock_put_work,
 				      SMC_CLOSE_SOCK_PUT_DELAY);
@@ -800,6 +805,9 @@ static void smc_listen_work(struct work_struct *work)
 		goto decline_rdma;
 	}
 
+	smc_close_init(new_smc);
+	smc_rx_init(new_smc);
+
 	rc = smc_clc_send_accept(new_smc, local_contact);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out_err;
@@ -839,7 +847,6 @@ static void smc_listen_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	}
 
 	smc_tx_init(new_smc);
-	smc_rx_init(new_smc);
 
 out_connected:
 	sk_refcnt_debug_inc(newsmcsk);
diff --git a/net/smc/smc.h b/net/smc/smc.h
index ee5fbea24549..6e44313e4467 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc.h
+++ b/net/smc/smc.h
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ struct smc_connection {
 #ifndef KERNEL_HAS_ATOMIC64
 	spinlock_t		acurs_lock;	/* protect cursors */
 #endif
+	struct work_struct	close_work;	/* peer sent some closing */
 };
 
 struct smc_sock {				/* smc sock container */
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_cdc.c b/net/smc/smc_cdc.c
index 5a339493872e..a7294edbc221 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_cdc.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_cdc.c
@@ -217,8 +217,13 @@ static void smc_cdc_msg_recv_action(struct smc_sock *smc,
 		smc->sk.sk_err = ECONNRESET;
 		conn->local_tx_ctrl.conn_state_flags.peer_conn_abort = 1;
 	}
-	if (smc_cdc_rxed_any_close_or_senddone(conn))
-		smc_close_passive_received(smc);
+	if (smc_cdc_rxed_any_close_or_senddone(conn)) {
+		smc->sk.sk_shutdown |= RCV_SHUTDOWN;
+		if (smc->clcsock && smc->clcsock->sk)
+			smc->clcsock->sk->sk_shutdown |= RCV_SHUTDOWN;
+		sock_set_flag(&smc->sk, SOCK_DONE);
+		schedule_work(&conn->close_work);
+	}
 
 	/* piggy backed tx info */
 	/* trigger sndbuf consumer: RDMA write into peer RMBE and CDC */
@@ -228,8 +233,6 @@ static void smc_cdc_msg_recv_action(struct smc_sock *smc,
 		smc_close_wake_tx_prepared(smc);
 	}
 
-	/* subsequent patch: trigger socket release if connection closed */
-
 	/* socket connected but not accepted */
 	if (!smc->sk.sk_socket)
 		return;
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_close.c b/net/smc/smc_close.c
index 67a71d170bed..3c2e166b5d22 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_close.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_close.c
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ void smc_close_active_abort(struct smc_sock *smc)
 	struct smc_cdc_conn_state_flags *txflags =
 		&smc->conn.local_tx_ctrl.conn_state_flags;
 
-	bh_lock_sock(&smc->sk);
 	smc->sk.sk_err = ECONNABORTED;
 	if (smc->clcsock && smc->clcsock->sk) {
 		smc->clcsock->sk->sk_err = ECONNABORTED;
@@ -125,6 +124,7 @@ void smc_close_active_abort(struct smc_sock *smc)
 	}
 	switch (smc->sk.sk_state) {
 	case SMC_INIT:
+	case SMC_ACTIVE:
 		smc->sk.sk_state = SMC_PEERABORTWAIT;
 		break;
 	case SMC_APPCLOSEWAIT1:
@@ -161,10 +161,15 @@ void smc_close_active_abort(struct smc_sock *smc)
 	}
 
 	sock_set_flag(&smc->sk, SOCK_DEAD);
-	bh_unlock_sock(&smc->sk);
 	smc->sk.sk_state_change(&smc->sk);
 }
 
+static inline bool smc_close_sent_any_close(struct smc_connection *conn)
+{
+	return conn->local_tx_ctrl.conn_state_flags.peer_conn_abort ||
+	       conn->local_tx_ctrl.conn_state_flags.peer_conn_closed;
+}
+
 int smc_close_active(struct smc_sock *smc)
 {
 	struct smc_cdc_conn_state_flags *txflags =
@@ -185,8 +190,7 @@ again:
 	case SMC_INIT:
 		sk->sk_state = SMC_CLOSED;
 		if (smc->smc_listen_work.func)
-			flush_work(&smc->smc_listen_work);
-		sock_put(sk);
+			cancel_work_sync(&smc->smc_listen_work);
 		break;
 	case SMC_LISTEN:
 		sk->sk_state = SMC_CLOSED;
@@ -198,7 +202,7 @@ again:
 		}
 		release_sock(sk);
 		smc_close_cleanup_listen(sk);
-		flush_work(&smc->tcp_listen_work);
+		cancel_work_sync(&smc->smc_listen_work);
 		lock_sock(sk);
 		break;
 	case SMC_ACTIVE:
@@ -218,7 +222,7 @@ again:
 	case SMC_APPFINCLOSEWAIT:
 		/* socket already shutdown wr or both (active close) */
 		if (txflags->peer_done_writing &&
-		    !txflags->peer_conn_closed) {
+		    !smc_close_sent_any_close(conn)) {
 			/* just shutdown wr done, send close request */
 			rc = smc_close_final(conn);
 		}
@@ -248,6 +252,13 @@ again:
 		break;
 	case SMC_PEERCLOSEWAIT1:
 	case SMC_PEERCLOSEWAIT2:
+		if (txflags->peer_done_writing &&
+		    !smc_close_sent_any_close(conn)) {
+			/* just shutdown wr done, send close request */
+			rc = smc_close_final(conn);
+		}
+		/* peer sending PeerConnectionClosed will cause transition */
+		break;
 	case SMC_PEERFINCLOSEWAIT:
 		/* peer sending PeerConnectionClosed will cause transition */
 		break;
@@ -285,7 +296,7 @@ static void smc_close_passive_abort_received(struct smc_sock *smc)
 	case SMC_PEERCLOSEWAIT1:
 	case SMC_PEERCLOSEWAIT2:
 		if (txflags->peer_done_writing &&
-		    !txflags->peer_conn_closed) {
+		    !smc_close_sent_any_close(&smc->conn)) {
 			/* just shutdown, but not yet closed locally */
 			smc_close_abort(&smc->conn);
 			sk->sk_state = SMC_PROCESSABORT;
@@ -306,22 +317,27 @@ static void smc_close_passive_abort_received(struct smc_sock *smc)
 
 /* Some kind of closing has been received: peer_conn_closed, peer_conn_abort,
  * or peer_done_writing.
- * Called under tasklet context.
  */
-void smc_close_passive_received(struct smc_sock *smc)
+static void smc_close_passive_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
-	struct smc_cdc_conn_state_flags *rxflags =
-		&smc->conn.local_rx_ctrl.conn_state_flags;
+	struct smc_connection *conn = container_of(work,
+						   struct smc_connection,
+						   close_work);
+	struct smc_sock *smc = container_of(conn, struct smc_sock, conn);
+	struct smc_cdc_conn_state_flags *rxflags;
 	struct sock *sk = &smc->sk;
 	int old_state;
 
-	sk->sk_shutdown |= RCV_SHUTDOWN;
-	if (smc->clcsock && smc->clcsock->sk)
-		smc->clcsock->sk->sk_shutdown |= RCV_SHUTDOWN;
-	sock_set_flag(&smc->sk, SOCK_DONE);
-
+	lock_sock(&smc->sk);
 	old_state = sk->sk_state;
 
+	if (!conn->alert_token_local) {
+		/* abnormal termination */
+		smc_close_active_abort(smc);
+		goto wakeup;
+	}
+
+	rxflags = &smc->conn.local_rx_ctrl.conn_state_flags;
 	if (rxflags->peer_conn_abort) {
 		smc_close_passive_abort_received(smc);
 		goto wakeup;
@@ -331,7 +347,7 @@ void smc_close_passive_received(struct smc_sock *smc)
 	case SMC_INIT:
 		if (atomic_read(&smc->conn.bytes_to_rcv) ||
 		    (rxflags->peer_done_writing &&
-		     !rxflags->peer_conn_closed))
+		     !smc_cdc_rxed_any_close(conn)))
 			sk->sk_state = SMC_APPCLOSEWAIT1;
 		else
 			sk->sk_state = SMC_CLOSED;
@@ -348,7 +364,7 @@ void smc_close_passive_received(struct smc_sock *smc)
 		if (!smc_cdc_rxed_any_close(&smc->conn))
 			break;
 		if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD) &&
-		    (sk->sk_shutdown == SHUTDOWN_MASK)) {
+		    smc_close_sent_any_close(conn)) {
 			/* smc_release has already been called locally */
 			sk->sk_state = SMC_CLOSED;
 		} else {
@@ -367,17 +383,19 @@ void smc_close_passive_received(struct smc_sock *smc)
 	}
 
 wakeup:
-	if (old_state != sk->sk_state)
-		sk->sk_state_change(sk);
 	sk->sk_data_ready(sk); /* wakeup blocked rcvbuf consumers */
 	sk->sk_write_space(sk); /* wakeup blocked sndbuf producers */
 
-	if ((sk->sk_state == SMC_CLOSED) &&
-	    (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD) || (old_state == SMC_INIT))) {
-		smc_conn_free(&smc->conn);
-		schedule_delayed_work(&smc->sock_put_work,
-				      SMC_CLOSE_SOCK_PUT_DELAY);
+	if (old_state != sk->sk_state) {
+		sk->sk_state_change(sk);
+		if ((sk->sk_state == SMC_CLOSED) &&
+		    (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD) || !sk->sk_socket)) {
+			smc_conn_free(&smc->conn);
+			schedule_delayed_work(&smc->sock_put_work,
+					      SMC_CLOSE_SOCK_PUT_DELAY);
+		}
 	}
+	release_sock(&smc->sk);
 }
 
 void smc_close_sock_put_work(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -442,3 +460,9 @@ again:
 		sk->sk_state_change(&smc->sk);
 	return rc;
 }
+
+/* Initialize close properties on connection establishment. */
+void smc_close_init(struct smc_sock *smc)
+{
+	INIT_WORK(&smc->conn.close_work, smc_close_passive_work);
+}
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_close.h b/net/smc/smc_close.h
index bc9a2df3633c..4a3d99a8d7cb 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_close.h
+++ b/net/smc/smc_close.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 void smc_close_wake_tx_prepared(struct smc_sock *smc);
 void smc_close_active_abort(struct smc_sock *smc);
 int smc_close_active(struct smc_sock *smc);
-void smc_close_passive_received(struct smc_sock *smc);
 void smc_close_sock_put_work(struct work_struct *work);
 int smc_close_shutdown_write(struct smc_sock *smc);
+void smc_close_init(struct smc_sock *smc);
 
 #endif /* SMC_CLOSE_H */
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_core.c b/net/smc/smc_core.c
index 0eac633fb354..65020e93ff21 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_core.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_core.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ void smc_lgr_terminate(struct smc_link_group *lgr)
 		smc = container_of(conn, struct smc_sock, conn);
 		sock_hold(&smc->sk);
 		__smc_lgr_unregister_conn(conn);
-		smc_close_active_abort(smc);
+		schedule_work(&conn->close_work);
 		sock_put(&smc->sk);
 		node = rb_first(&lgr->conns_all);
 	}
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_ib.c b/net/smc/smc_ib.c
index e6743c008ac5..16b7c801f8b6 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_ib.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_ib.c
@@ -179,8 +179,6 @@ static void smc_ib_global_event_handler(struct ib_event_handler *handler,
 	u8 port_idx;
 
 	smcibdev = container_of(handler, struct smc_ib_device, event_handler);
-	if (!smc_pnet_find_ib(smcibdev->ibdev->name))
-		return;
 
 	switch (ibevent->event) {
 	case IB_EVENT_PORT_ERR:
@@ -259,7 +257,6 @@ int smc_ib_create_queue_pair(struct smc_link *lnk)
 			.max_recv_wr = SMC_WR_BUF_CNT * 3,
 			.max_send_sge = SMC_IB_MAX_SEND_SGE,
 			.max_recv_sge = 1,
-			.max_inline_data = SMC_WR_TX_SIZE,
 		},
 		.sq_sig_type = IB_SIGNAL_REQ_WR,
 		.qp_type = IB_QPT_RC,
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
index 9d3e7fb8348d..78f7af28ae4f 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_pnet.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ static bool smc_pnetid_valid(const char *pnet_name, char *pnetid)
 }
 
 /* Find an infiniband device by a given name. The device might not exist. */
-struct smc_ib_device *smc_pnet_find_ib(char *ib_name)
+static struct smc_ib_device *smc_pnet_find_ib(char *ib_name)
 {
 	struct smc_ib_device *ibdev;
 
@@ -523,8 +523,11 @@ void smc_pnet_find_roce_resource(struct sock *sk,
 	read_lock(&smc_pnettable.lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(pnetelem, &smc_pnettable.pnetlist, list) {
 		if (dst->dev == pnetelem->ndev) {
-			*smcibdev = pnetelem->smcibdev;
-			*ibport = pnetelem->ib_port;
+			if (smc_ib_port_active(pnetelem->smcibdev,
+					       pnetelem->ib_port)) {
+				*smcibdev = pnetelem->smcibdev;
+				*ibport = pnetelem->ib_port;
+			}
 			break;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_pnet.h b/net/smc/smc_pnet.h
index 32ab3df928ca..c4f1bccd4358 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_pnet.h
+++ b/net/smc/smc_pnet.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ struct smc_ib_device;
 int smc_pnet_init(void) __init;
 void smc_pnet_exit(void);
 int smc_pnet_remove_by_ibdev(struct smc_ib_device *ibdev);
-struct smc_ib_device *smc_pnet_find_ib(char *ib_name);
 void smc_pnet_find_roce_resource(struct sock *sk,
 				 struct smc_ib_device **smcibdev, u8 *ibport);
 
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_rx.c b/net/smc/smc_rx.c
index c4ef9a4ec569..f0c8b089f770 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_rx.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_rx.c
@@ -36,11 +36,10 @@ static void smc_rx_data_ready(struct sock *sk)
 	if (skwq_has_sleeper(wq))
 		wake_up_interruptible_sync_poll(&wq->wait, POLLIN | POLLPRI |
 						POLLRDNORM | POLLRDBAND);
+	sk_wake_async(sk, SOCK_WAKE_WAITD, POLL_IN);
 	if ((sk->sk_shutdown == SHUTDOWN_MASK) ||
 	    (sk->sk_state == SMC_CLOSED))
 		sk_wake_async(sk, SOCK_WAKE_WAITD, POLL_HUP);
-	else
-		sk_wake_async(sk, SOCK_WAKE_WAITD, POLL_IN);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_tx.c b/net/smc/smc_tx.c
index 69a0013dd25c..21ec1832ab51 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_tx.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_tx.c
@@ -431,9 +431,13 @@ static void smc_tx_work(struct work_struct *work)
 						   struct smc_connection,
 						   tx_work);
 	struct smc_sock *smc = container_of(conn, struct smc_sock, conn);
+	int rc;
 
 	lock_sock(&smc->sk);
-	smc_tx_sndbuf_nonempty(conn);
+	rc = smc_tx_sndbuf_nonempty(conn);
+	if (!rc && conn->local_rx_ctrl.prod_flags.write_blocked &&
+	    !atomic_read(&conn->bytes_to_rcv))
+		conn->local_rx_ctrl.prod_flags.write_blocked = 0;
 	release_sock(&smc->sk);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_wr.c b/net/smc/smc_wr.c
index eadf157418dc..874ee9f9d796 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_wr.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_wr.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ static void smc_wr_init_sge(struct smc_link *lnk)
 		lnk->wr_tx_ibs[i].num_sge = 1;
 		lnk->wr_tx_ibs[i].opcode = IB_WR_SEND;
 		lnk->wr_tx_ibs[i].send_flags =
-			IB_SEND_SIGNALED | IB_SEND_SOLICITED | IB_SEND_INLINE;
+			IB_SEND_SIGNALED | IB_SEND_SOLICITED;
 	}
 	for (i = 0; i < lnk->wr_rx_cnt; i++) {
 		lnk->wr_rx_sges[i].addr =