Re: [PATCH 2/2] hpsa: export resettable_on_kexec host attribute

[scameron@beardog.cce.hp.com]

On Wed, Mar 09, 2011 at 09:36:24AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 05:10:03PM -0600, Stephen M. Cameron wrote:
> > From: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@beardog.cce.hp.com>
> > 
> > This attribute, requested by Redhat, allows kexec-tools to know
> > whether the controller can honor the reset_devices kernel parameter
> > and actually reset the controller.  For kdump to work properly it
> > is necessary that the reset_devices parameter be honored.  This
> > attribute enables kexec-tools to warn the user if they attempt to
> > designate a non-resettable controller as the dump device.
> > 
> 
> Hi Stephen,
> 
> Thinking more about it, can we make "resettable_on_kexec" name even more
> generic. Kexec/kdump is just one of the users of this functionality.
> 
> So the idea is whether device is soft resettable or not by the driver.
> May be "soft_resettable" or just "resettable" might be a better name.

Sure.  "resettable" seems fine.

-- steve

> 
> Thanks
> Vivek
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@beardog.cce.hp.com>
> > ---
> >  drivers/scsi/hpsa.c |   41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  1 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
> > index dcabef4..1d4fe80 100644
> > --- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
> > @@ -273,6 +273,44 @@ static ssize_t host_show_transport_mode(struct device *dev,
> >  			"performant" : "simple");
> >  }
> >  
> > +/* List of controllers which cannot be reset on kexec with reset_devices */
> > +static u32 unresettable_controller[] = {
> > +	0x324a103C, /* Smart Array P712m */
> > +	0x324b103C, /* SmartArray P711m */
> > +	0x3223103C, /* Smart Array P800 */
> > +	0x3234103C, /* Smart Array P400 */
> > +	0x3235103C, /* Smart Array P400i */
> > +	0x3211103C, /* Smart Array E200i */
> > +	0x3212103C, /* Smart Array E200 */
> > +	0x3213103C, /* Smart Array E200i */
> > +	0x3214103C, /* Smart Array E200i */
> > +	0x3215103C, /* Smart Array E200i */
> > +	0x3237103C, /* Smart Array E500 */
> > +	0x3223103C, /* Smart Array P800 */
> > +	0x3234103C, /* Smart Array P400 */
> > +	0x323D103C, /* Smart Array P700m */
> > +};
> > +
> > +static int resettable_on_kexec(struct ctlr_info *h)
> > +{
> > +	int i;
> > +
> > +	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(unresettable_controller); i++)
> > +		if (unresettable_controller[i] == h->board_id)
> > +			return 0;
> > +	return 1;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static ssize_t host_show_resettable_on_kexec(struct device *dev,
> > +	struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
> > +{
> > +	struct ctlr_info *h;
> > +	struct Scsi_Host *shost = class_to_shost(dev);
> > +
> > +	h = shost_to_hba(shost);
> > +	return snprintf(buf, 20, "%d\n", resettable_on_kexec(h));
> > +}
> > +
> >  static inline int is_logical_dev_addr_mode(unsigned char scsi3addr[])
> >  {
> >  	return (scsi3addr[3] & 0xC0) == 0x40;
> > @@ -379,6 +417,8 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(commands_outstanding, S_IRUGO,
> >  	host_show_commands_outstanding, NULL);
> >  static DEVICE_ATTR(transport_mode, S_IRUGO,
> >  	host_show_transport_mode, NULL);
> > +static DEVICE_ATTR(resettable_on_kexec, S_IRUGO,
> > +	host_show_resettable_on_kexec, NULL);
> >  
> >  static struct device_attribute *hpsa_sdev_attrs[] = {
> >  	&dev_attr_raid_level,
> > @@ -392,6 +432,7 @@ static struct device_attribute *hpsa_shost_attrs[] = {
> >  	&dev_attr_firmware_revision,
> >  	&dev_attr_commands_outstanding,
> >  	&dev_attr_transport_mode,
> > +	&dev_attr_resettable_on_kexec,
> >  	NULL,
> >  };
> >  
> > 
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