[PATCH] I/O errors for ALUA state transitions

[PATCH] I/O errors for ALUA state transitions

[Hannes Reinecke]

From: Rajashekhar M A <rajs@netapp.com>

When a host is configured with a few LUNs and IO is running,
injecting FC faults repeatedly leads to path recovery problems.
The LUNs have 4 paths each and 3 of them come back active after
say an FC fault which makes two of the paths go down, instead of
all 4. This happens after several iterations of continuous FC faults.

Reason here is that we're returning an I/O error whenever we're
encountering sense code 06/04/0a (LOGICAL UNIT NOT ACCESSIBLE,
ASYMMETRIC ACCESS STATE TRANSITION) instead of retrying.

Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
---
 drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 03a2ff547b22..1185083105ae 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -594,10 +594,11 @@ enum scsi_disposition scsi_check_sense(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 		    sshdr.asc == 0x3f && sshdr.ascq == 0x0e)
 			return NEEDS_RETRY;
 		/*
-		 * if the device is in the process of becoming ready, we
-		 * should retry.
+		 * if the device is in the process of becoming ready, or
+		 * transitions between ALUA states, we should retry.
 		 */
-		if ((sshdr.asc == 0x04) && (sshdr.ascq == 0x01))
+		if ((sshdr.asc == 0x04) &&
+		    (sshdr.ascq == 0x01 || sshdr.ascq == 0x0a))
 			return NEEDS_RETRY;
 		/*
 		 * if the device is not started, we need to wake
-- 
2.29.2

Re: [PATCH] I/O errors for ALUA state transitions

[michael.christie]

On 9/7/21 2:16 AM, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> From: Rajashekhar M A <rajs@netapp.com>
> 
> When a host is configured with a few LUNs and IO is running,
> injecting FC faults repeatedly leads to path recovery problems.
> The LUNs have 4 paths each and 3 of them come back active after
> say an FC fault which makes two of the paths go down, instead of
> all 4. This happens after several iterations of continuous FC faults.
> 
> Reason here is that we're returning an I/O error whenever we're
> encountering sense code 06/04/0a (LOGICAL UNIT NOT ACCESSIBLE,
> ASYMMETRIC ACCESS STATE TRANSITION) instead of retrying.
> > Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c | 7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
> index 03a2ff547b22..1185083105ae 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
> @@ -594,10 +594,11 @@ enum scsi_disposition scsi_check_sense(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
>  		    sshdr.asc == 0x3f && sshdr.ascq == 0x0e)
>  			return NEEDS_RETRY;
>  		/*
> -		 * if the device is in the process of becoming ready, we
> -		 * should retry.
> +		 * if the device is in the process of becoming ready, or
> +		 * transitions between ALUA states, we should retry.
>  		 */
> -		if ((sshdr.asc == 0x04) && (sshdr.ascq == 0x01))
> +		if ((sshdr.asc == 0x04) &&
> +		    (sshdr.ascq == 0x01 || sshdr.ascq == 0x0a))
>  			return NEEDS_RETRY;

Why put this here instead of in alua_check_sense with the other ALUA
state transition check?

Re: [PATCH] I/O errors for ALUA state transitions

[Hannes Reinecke]

On 9/7/21 5:59 PM, michael.christie@oracle.com wrote:
> On 9/7/21 2:16 AM, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
>> From: Rajashekhar M A <rajs@netapp.com>
>>
>> When a host is configured with a few LUNs and IO is running,
>> injecting FC faults repeatedly leads to path recovery problems.
>> The LUNs have 4 paths each and 3 of them come back active after
>> say an FC fault which makes two of the paths go down, instead of
>> all 4. This happens after several iterations of continuous FC faults.
>>
>> Reason here is that we're returning an I/O error whenever we're
>> encountering sense code 06/04/0a (LOGICAL UNIT NOT ACCESSIBLE,
>> ASYMMETRIC ACCESS STATE TRANSITION) instead of retrying.
>>> Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
>> ---
>>   drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c | 7 ++++---
>>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
>> index 03a2ff547b22..1185083105ae 100644
>> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
>> @@ -594,10 +594,11 @@ enum scsi_disposition scsi_check_sense(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
>>   		    sshdr.asc == 0x3f && sshdr.ascq == 0x0e)
>>   			return NEEDS_RETRY;
>>   		/*
>> -		 * if the device is in the process of becoming ready, we
>> -		 * should retry.
>> +		 * if the device is in the process of becoming ready, or
>> +		 * transitions between ALUA states, we should retry.
>>   		 */
>> -		if ((sshdr.asc == 0x04) && (sshdr.ascq == 0x01))
>> +		if ((sshdr.asc == 0x04) &&
>> +		    (sshdr.ascq == 0x01 || sshdr.ascq == 0x0a))
>>   			return NEEDS_RETRY;
> 
> Why put this here instead of in alua_check_sense with the other ALUA
> state transition check?
> 
Good point. Will be updating the patch.

Cheers,

Hannes
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Dr. Hannes Reinecke                Kernel Storage Architect
hare@suse.de                              +49 911 74053 688
SUSE Software Solutions GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg
HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg), Geschäftsführer: Felix Imendörffer

Re: [PATCH] I/O errors for ALUA state transitions

[Ewan Milne]

alua_check_sense() checks for NOT READY / 04h 0Ah but not
UNIT ATTENTION with the same ASC/ASCQ.

Careful about updating pg->state in this case though because that
may cause subsequent I/O in the probe to fail, we didn't do this before
and we *may* only get the UA once.

-Ewan

On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 2:12 AM Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> wrote:
>
> On 9/7/21 5:59 PM, michael.christie@oracle.com wrote:
> > On 9/7/21 2:16 AM, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
> >> From: Rajashekhar M A <rajs@netapp.com>
> >>
> >> When a host is configured with a few LUNs and IO is running,
> >> injecting FC faults repeatedly leads to path recovery problems.
> >> The LUNs have 4 paths each and 3 of them come back active after
> >> say an FC fault which makes two of the paths go down, instead of
> >> all 4. This happens after several iterations of continuous FC faults.
> >>
> >> Reason here is that we're returning an I/O error whenever we're
> >> encountering sense code 06/04/0a (LOGICAL UNIT NOT ACCESSIBLE,
> >> ASYMMETRIC ACCESS STATE TRANSITION) instead of retrying.
> >>> Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
> >> ---
> >>   drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c | 7 ++++---
> >>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
> >> index 03a2ff547b22..1185083105ae 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
> >> @@ -594,10 +594,11 @@ enum scsi_disposition scsi_check_sense(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
> >>                  sshdr.asc == 0x3f && sshdr.ascq == 0x0e)
> >>                      return NEEDS_RETRY;
> >>              /*
> >> -             * if the device is in the process of becoming ready, we
> >> -             * should retry.
> >> +             * if the device is in the process of becoming ready, or
> >> +             * transitions between ALUA states, we should retry.
> >>               */
> >> -            if ((sshdr.asc == 0x04) && (sshdr.ascq == 0x01))
> >> +            if ((sshdr.asc == 0x04) &&
> >> +                (sshdr.ascq == 0x01 || sshdr.ascq == 0x0a))
> >>                      return NEEDS_RETRY;
> >
> > Why put this here instead of in alua_check_sense with the other ALUA
> > state transition check?
> >
> Good point. Will be updating the patch.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Hannes
> --
> Dr. Hannes Reinecke                Kernel Storage Architect
> hare@suse.de                              +49 911 74053 688
> SUSE Software Solutions GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg
> HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg), Geschäftsführer: Felix Imendörffer
>

[PATCH] I/O errors for ALUA state transitions

[Hannes Reinecke]

From: Rajashekhar M A <rajs@netapp.com>

When a host is configured with a few LUNs and IO is running,
injecting FC faults repeatedly leads to path recovery problems.
The LUNs have 4 paths each and 3 of them come back active after
say an FC fault which makes two of the paths go down, instead of
all 4. This happens after several iterations of continuous FC faults.

Reason here is that we're returning an I/O error whenever we're
encountering sense code 06/04/0a (LOGICAL UNIT NOT ACCESSIBLE,
ASYMMETRIC ACCESS STATE TRANSITION) instead of retrying.

Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
---
 drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 376b8897ab90..746ff6a1f309 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -665,7 +665,8 @@ enum scsi_disposition scsi_check_sense(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 		 * if the device is in the process of becoming ready, we
 		 * should retry.
 		 */
-		if ((sshdr.asc == 0x04) && (sshdr.ascq == 0x01))
+		if ((sshdr.asc == 0x04) &&
+		    (sshdr.ascq == 0x01 || sshdr.ascq == 0x0a))
 			return NEEDS_RETRY;
 		/*
 		 * if the device is not started, we need to wake
-- 
2.35.3

Re: [PATCH] I/O errors for ALUA state transitions

[Lee Duncan]

On Fri, Jun 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM Hannes Reinecke <hare@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> From: Rajashekhar M A <rajs@netapp.com>
>
> When a host is configured with a few LUNs and IO is running,
> injecting FC faults repeatedly leads to path recovery problems.
> The LUNs have 4 paths each and 3 of them come back active after
> say an FC fault which makes two of the paths go down, instead of
> all 4. This happens after several iterations of continuous FC faults.
>
> Reason here is that we're returning an I/O error whenever we're
> encountering sense code 06/04/0a (LOGICAL UNIT NOT ACCESSIBLE,
> ASYMMETRIC ACCESS STATE TRANSITION) instead of retrying.
>
> Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
> index 376b8897ab90..746ff6a1f309 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
> @@ -665,7 +665,8 @@ enum scsi_disposition scsi_check_sense(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
>                  * if the device is in the process of becoming ready, we
>                  * should retry.
>                  */
> -               if ((sshdr.asc == 0x04) && (sshdr.ascq == 0x01))
> +               if ((sshdr.asc == 0x04) &&
> +                   (sshdr.ascq == 0x01 || sshdr.ascq == 0x0a))
>                         return NEEDS_RETRY;
>                 /*
>                  * if the device is not started, we need to wake
> --
> 2.35.3
>
>

Reviewed-by: Lee Duncan <lduncan@suse.com>

Re: [PATCH] I/O errors for ALUA state transitions

[Martin K. Petersen]

On Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:59:24 +0200, Hannes Reinecke wrote:

> When a host is configured with a few LUNs and IO is running,
> injecting FC faults repeatedly leads to path recovery problems.
> The LUNs have 4 paths each and 3 of them come back active after
> say an FC fault which makes two of the paths go down, instead of
> all 4. This happens after several iterations of continuous FC faults.
> 
> Reason here is that we're returning an I/O error whenever we're
> encountering sense code 06/04/0a (LOGICAL UNIT NOT ACCESSIBLE,
> ASYMMETRIC ACCESS STATE TRANSITION) instead of retrying.
> 
> [...]

Applied to 6.16/scsi-fixes, thanks!

[1/1] I/O errors for ALUA state transitions
      https://git.kernel.org/mkp/scsi/c/5c3ba81923e0

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