Re: initialize max_target_blocked in scsi_alloc_target

[Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>]

Edward Goggin wrote:
> Patch 1 of 1
> 
> This patch initializes the max_target_blocked field of a scsi target structure
> so that a queuecommand return value of SCSI_MLQUEUE_TARGET_BUSY will actually
> result in having the scsi_queue_insert blocking the device queue before requeuing
> the command and running the queue.  Otherwise, can and does cause livelock on
> single CPU configurations if/when open-iSCSI software initiator's command PDU
> window fills.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ed Goggin <egoggin@vmware.com>
> 
> --- linux-2.6.29/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c	2009-03-23 19:12:14.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6.29-fix/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c	2009-04-09 11:11:01.000000000 -0400
> @@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ static struct scsi_target *scsi_alloc_ta
>  	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&starget->devices);
>  	starget->state = STARGET_CREATED;
>  	starget->scsi_level = SCSI_2;
> +	starget->max_target_blocked = SCSI_DEFAULT_TARGET_BLOCKED;
>   retry:
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags);
> 

Hi James,

I see you picked up my patch to fix the q lock not being held:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=123931064705280&w=2

I think you need Ed's patch above too. Without it, target_blocked is 
always zero, so we never hit the code I fixed up. I tested his patch 
with my patch, and combined they fix all the issues here.