From: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>
To: "Moger, Babu" <Babu.Moger@netapp.com>
Cc: "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org>,
device-mapper development <dm-devel@redhat.com>,
"Krishnasamy, Somasundaram" <Somasundaram.Krishnasamy@netapp.com>,
"Stankey, Robert" <Robert.Stankey@netapp.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi_dh_rdac: Add dynamic match functionality to rdac handler
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:32:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F8E51EF.5010504@cs.wisc.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <77471C95FAFD844C8CA02DD4F4C5FE2B0574C6@SACEXCMBX02-PRD.hq.netapp.com>
On 04/10/2012 12:06 PM, Moger, Babu wrote:
> This patch adds the dynamic match functionality to scsi_dh_rdac driver.
> New vendor and product strings are normally not there in the kernel. Whenever
> the new product is tested with this driver we see failures during the disco-
> very. Without the handler attached, the default scsi mid-level retries would
> take effect for certain check-conditions. Default retries(5) are not enough in
> some cases(especially with large configuration or huge lun cases).
>
> This patch will send an inquiry if the vendor/product strings are not in the
> device list and match with vendor signature.
>
> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@netapp.com>
> Reviewed-by: Somasundaram Krishnasamy <Somasundaram.Krishnasamy@netapp.com>
> ---
>
> --- linux-3.4-rc2/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c.orig 2012-04-07 20:30:41.000000000 -0500
> +++ linux-3.4-rc2/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c 2012-04-10 10:48:40.000000000 -0500
> @@ -818,7 +818,10 @@ static const struct scsi_dh_devlist rdac
>
> static bool rdac_match(struct scsi_device *sdev)
> {
> - int i;
> + int i, err;
> + struct c8_inquiry inqp;
The per function stack use limit is 512 bytes right? If so then the
patch seems ok to me (thought maybe the c8_inquiry was too large but it
is under that 512 limit), so:
Reviewed-by: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-18 5:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-10 17:06 [PATCH] scsi_dh_rdac: Add dynamic match functionality to rdac handler Moger, Babu
2012-04-18 5:32 ` Mike Christie [this message]
2012-04-20 16:27 ` Chandra Seetharaman
2012-04-20 16:48 ` Mike Christie
2012-04-20 18:05 ` Chandra Seetharaman
2012-04-20 20:45 ` Moger, Babu
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