[PATCH v7 0/2] fixup handling of timeouts with deferred QCs

[PATCH v7 0/2] fixup handling of timeouts with deferred QCs

[Damien Le Moal]

This patch series fixes libata and libsas to correctly handles deferred
queued commands in case of a timeout error, to avoid excessive delays in
waking up the scsi EH task.

Igor,

My apologies for the churn, but please retest!
Also, I added your Signed-off-by on patch 2 since half of it is yours.

Martin,

Once reviewed, I or you can take both patches ?

Changes from v6:
 - In patch 1, go back to using direct command completion for retrying
   deferred QCs, but adds libata EH trigger to avoid problems with the
   block layer immediately re-issuing the retried commands. This same
   method also allows directly handling timed out deferred QCs, which
   simplifies libata EH.

Changes from v5:
 - Reworked patch 1 to have deferred command retries all go through libata
   EH to ensure that we do not run into issues with the block layer
   immediately re-issuing retried deffered commands (which would create
   again the problem we are trying to solve). This change necessitate the
   introduction of a new QC flag and changes to the completion path for
   commands to ATAPI devices.

Changes from v4:
 - Simplified sas_eh_timed_out() code in patch 2

Changes from v3:
 - Reimplement ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc() in patch 1 as
   ata_eh_retry_deferred_qc() so that all requeue pathes use the same
   function.

Changes from v2:
 - Modified patch 1 to avoid the problem reported by Sashiko that requeued
   deferred QCs may be re-ssued immediately by the block layer, thus
   potentially keeping the device busy. The modification now relies on
   libata-EH to perform the requeue instead of immediately doing it from
   the eh_timed_out operation.
 - Modified patch 2 to use the new helper function defined in patch 1.

Changes from v1:
 - Modified patch 1 to ignore timed out deferred QCs in
   ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc() to let ata_scsi_cmd_error_handler()
   correctly handle this case.

Damien Le Moal (2):
  ata: libata-scsi: terminate deferred commands on time out
  scsi: libsas: terminate deferred commands on time out

 drivers/ata/libata-eh.c             |  29 ++------
 drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c           | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 drivers/ata/libata.h                |   3 +-
 drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c |  15 ++++
 include/linux/libata.h              |   4 +
 include/scsi/libsas.h               |   2 +
 6 files changed, 127 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

-- 
2.55.0

[PATCH v7 1/2] ata: libata-scsi: terminate deferred commands on time out

[Damien Le Moal]

If a command times out while we have deferred non-NCQ commands waiting to
be issued, the SCSI EH task is not immediately woken up as the waiting
deferred commands are never issued nor completed, thus leaving the SCSI
host in a busy state (shost->host_failed != scsi_host_busy(shost)) which
prevents the SCSI EH task from being woken up. Eventually, when the
deferred commands also time out, the SCSI EH task is woken up and the
timeout processing occurs.

Avoid this unnecessary SCSI EH task wake-up additional time by scheduling
a retry of all waiting deferred QCs, using the eh_timed_out SCSI host
template operation. The function ata_scsi_eh_timed_out() is introduced to
implement this operation.

However, terminating deferred commands with DID_REQUEUE to force a retry
by calling the function ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc() may still keep the
SCSI host in a busy state because the block layer may immediately re-issue
these commands. The solution to this is to schedule libata EH for the
port which suffered the command timeout to prevent accepting any new
command. ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc() is modified to add a call to
ata_port_schedule_eh() for this purpose.

In addition to this change, ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc() is also
modified to take a new timedout_scmd scsi command argument which indicates
the SCSI command that timed out. With this additional argument,
ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc() can now also terminate with DID_TIME_OUT
any timed out deferred qc, which simplifies ata_scsi_cmd_error_handler().
In this case, ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc() returns SCSI_EH_DONE, with
this return value propagated back to the ata_scsi_eh_timed_out() operation
to indicate to scsi_timeout() that the timed out command was handled and
no further processing is needed.

For non-timed out deferred qc that need to be retried,
ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc() returns SCSI_EH_NOT_HANDLED, thus
indicating to scsi_timeout() that the timed out command needs to go
through the SCSI EH (and libata EH) processing by adding it to the EH work
queue with scsi_eh_scmd_add().

One side effect of these changes is that the function atapi_qc_complete()
needs to be modified to ensure that a deferred ATAPI command that needs
to be retried is completed with DID_REQUEUE instead of the default
SAM_STAT_GOOD status, and a command that timed out is completed with
DID_TIME_OUT instead of SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION.

Fixes: 0ea84089dbf6 ("ata: libata-scsi: avoid Non-NCQ command starvation")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/ata/libata-eh.c   |  29 +++-------
 drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c | 108 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 drivers/ata/libata.h      |   3 +-
 include/linux/libata.h    |   2 +
 4 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 05df7ea6954a..e01277ee1fa9 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -650,29 +650,12 @@ int ata_scsi_cmd_error_handler(struct Scsi_Host *host, struct ata_port *ap,
 		set_host_byte(scmd, DID_OK);
 
 		ata_qc_for_each_raw(ap, qc, i) {
-			if (qc->scsicmd != scmd)
-				continue;
-			if ((qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_ACTIVE) ||
-			    qc == qc->dev->link->deferred_qc)
+			if (qc->scsicmd == scmd &&
+			    qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_ACTIVE)
 				break;
 		}
 
-		if (i < ATA_MAX_QUEUE && qc == qc->dev->link->deferred_qc) {
-			/*
-			 * This is a deferred command that timed out while
-			 * waiting for the command queue to drain. Since the qc
-			 * is not active yet (deferred_qc is still set, so the
-			 * deferred qc work has not issued the command yet),
-			 * simply signal the timeout by finishing the SCSI
-			 * command and clear the deferred qc to prevent the
-			 * deferred qc work from issuing this qc.
-			 */
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_ACTIVE);
-			qc->dev->link->deferred_qc = NULL;
-			cancel_work(&qc->dev->link->deferred_qc_work);
-			set_host_byte(scmd, DID_TIME_OUT);
-			scsi_eh_finish_cmd(scmd, &ap->eh_done_q);
-		} else if (i < ATA_MAX_QUEUE) {
+		if (i < ATA_MAX_QUEUE) {
 			/* the scmd has an associated qc */
 			if (!(qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_EH)) {
 				/* which hasn't failed yet, timeout */
@@ -948,10 +931,10 @@ static void ata_eh_set_pending(struct ata_port *ap, bool fastdrain)
 	ap->pflags |= ATA_PFLAG_EH_PENDING;
 
 	/*
-	 * If we have a deferred qc, requeue it so that it is retried once EH
-	 * completes.
+	 * If we have deferred QCs, requeue them so that the SCSI EH task can
+	 * run.
 	 */
-	ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc(ap);
+	ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc(ap, NULL);
 
 	if (!fastdrain)
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index 5868526301a2..c2f2f711fd98 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -1685,26 +1685,75 @@ void ata_scsi_deferred_qc_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(ap->lock, flags);
 }
 
-void ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc(struct ata_port *ap)
+enum scsi_timeout_action ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc(struct ata_port *ap,
+						struct scsi_cmnd *timedout_scmd)
 {
+	enum scsi_timeout_action action = SCSI_EH_NOT_HANDLED;
+	struct ata_queued_cmd *qc;
 	struct ata_link *link;
+	u32 host_byte;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(ap->lock);
 
 	/*
-	 * If we have a deferred qc when a reset occurs or NCQ commands fail,
-	 * do not try to be smart about what to do with this deferred command
-	 * and simply requeue it by completing it with DID_REQUEUE.
+	 * If we have deferred QCs when a reset, a timeout or an NCQ command
+	 * fails, do not try to be smart about what to do with the deferred
+	 * commands and simply terminate them and let the SCSI layer decide
+	 * what to do.
 	 */
 	ata_for_each_link(link, ap, PMP_FIRST) {
-		struct ata_queued_cmd *qc = link->deferred_qc;
+		qc = link->deferred_qc;
+		if (!qc)
+			continue;
+
+		/*
+		 * Clear the deferred QC so that the deferred work does not try
+		 * to issue it.
+		 */
+		link->deferred_qc = NULL;
+		cancel_work(&link->deferred_qc_work);
+
+		/*
+		 * We are going to complete some scsi command, either with
+		 * DID_TIME_OUT if the command timed out while waiting for being
+		 * issued, or with DID_REQUEUE if another command timed out or
+		 * we had a failed command. However, the block layer may re-issue
+		 * immediately these commands, keeping the scsi host busy and
+		 * thus preventing the SCSI EH task from running.
+		 * So schedule EH on the port to prevent accepting new commands
+		 * until everything is sorted out with the error or timeout that
+		 * got us here in the first place. Note that we set EH pending
+		 * on the port before calling ata_port_schedule_eh() so that we
+		 * do not reenter this function from ata_eh_set_pending() with
+		 * timedout_scmd being NULL and erroneously retry deferred QCs
+		 * that have timed out on other links.
+		 */
+		if (!ata_port_eh_scheduled(ap)) {
+			ap->pflags |= ATA_PFLAG_EH_PENDING;
+			ata_port_schedule_eh(ap);
+		}
 
-		if (qc) {
-			link->deferred_qc = NULL;
-			cancel_work(&link->deferred_qc_work);
-			ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, true, DID_REQUEUE << 16);
+		/*
+		 * If we are being called from scsi_timeout(), then we have a
+		 * non-NULL timedout_scmd. If the timed out command is for a
+		 * deferred qc, terminate it with DID_TIME_OUT and tell
+		 * scsi_timeout() that we are done. Otherwise, ask for a retry
+		 * with DID_REQUEUE and tell scsi_timeout() that we have not
+		 * handled the timeout so that the timed out command gets added
+		 * to the EH work queue with scsi_eh_scmd_add(), for later
+		 * handling with libata EH ata_scsi_cmd_error_handler().
+		 */
+		if (qc->scsicmd != timedout_scmd) {
+			qc->scsicmd->allowed++;
+			host_byte = DID_REQUEUE;
+		} else {
+			host_byte = DID_TIME_OUT;
+			action = SCSI_EH_DONE;
 		}
+		ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, true, host_byte << 16);
 	}
+
+	return action;
 }
 
 static void ata_scsi_schedule_deferred_qc(struct ata_link *link)
@@ -1723,13 +1772,42 @@ static void ata_scsi_schedule_deferred_qc(struct ata_link *link)
 		return;
 
 	if (ata_port_eh_scheduled(ap)) {
-		ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc(ap);
+		ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc(ap, NULL);
 		return;
 	}
 	if (!ap->ops->qc_defer(qc))
 		queue_work(system_highpri_wq, &link->deferred_qc_work);
 }
 
+static enum scsi_timeout_action
+ata_scsi_retry_deferred_qc(struct ata_port *ap, struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
+{
+	enum scsi_timeout_action action;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(ap->lock, flags);
+	action = ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc(ap, scmd);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(ap->lock, flags);
+
+	return action;
+}
+
+enum scsi_timeout_action ata_scsi_eh_timed_out(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
+{
+	struct ata_port *ap = ata_shost_to_port(scmd->device->host);
+
+	/*
+	 * ata_scsi_cmd_error_handler() takes care of timed-out deferred queued
+	 * commands. However, if we had any other command time out and we have
+	 * deferred QCs, we must let scsi_timeout() handle them with
+	 * scsi_eh_scmd_add() so that we do not unnecessarilly delay starting
+	 * the SCSI EH task. So requeue all deferred queued commands for retry
+	 * through libata EH.
+	 */
+	return ata_scsi_retry_deferred_qc(ap, scmd);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_scsi_eh_timed_out);
+
 static void ata_scsi_qc_complete(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 {
 	struct ata_link *link = qc->dev->link;
@@ -2936,7 +3014,15 @@ static void atapi_qc_complete(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 		if (qc->cdb[0] == ALLOW_MEDIUM_REMOVAL && qc->dev->sdev)
 			qc->dev->sdev->locked = 0;
 
-		ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, true, SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION);
+		if (cmd->result)
+			ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, false, 0);
+		else
+			ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, true, SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (cmd->result) {
+		ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, false, 0);
 		return;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata.h b/drivers/ata/libata.h
index 700627596ce1..8dacc1daabf0 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata.h
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata.h
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ enum scsi_qc_status __ata_scsi_queuecmd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd,
 					struct ata_port *ap)
 	__must_hold(ap->lock);
 void ata_scsi_deferred_qc_work(struct work_struct *work);
-void ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc(struct ata_port *ap);
+enum scsi_timeout_action ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc(struct ata_port *ap,
+						      struct scsi_cmnd *scmd);
 
 /* libata-eh.c */
 extern unsigned int ata_internal_cmd_timeout(struct ata_device *dev, u8 cmd);
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 96e626d6a7ca..327da43d7496 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -1153,6 +1153,7 @@ extern int ata_scsi_ioctl(struct scsi_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
 #endif
 extern enum scsi_qc_status ata_scsi_queuecmd(struct Scsi_Host *h,
 					     struct scsi_cmnd *cmd);
+enum scsi_timeout_action ata_scsi_eh_timed_out(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd);
 #if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_ATA)
 bool ata_scsi_dma_need_drain(struct request *rq);
 #else
@@ -1464,6 +1465,7 @@ extern const struct attribute_group *ata_common_sdev_groups[];
 	.ioctl			= ata_scsi_ioctl,		\
 	ATA_SCSI_COMPAT_IOCTL					\
 	.queuecommand		= ata_scsi_queuecmd,		\
+	.eh_timed_out		= ata_scsi_eh_timed_out,	\
 	.dma_need_drain		= ata_scsi_dma_need_drain,	\
 	.this_id		= ATA_SHT_THIS_ID,		\
 	.emulated		= ATA_SHT_EMULATED,		\
-- 
2.55.0

Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] ata: libata-scsi: terminate deferred commands on time out

[sashiko-bot]

Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:

Pre-existing issues:
- [High] Missing call to ata_scsi_schedule_deferred_qc() in atapi_qc_complete() leads to starvation and timeouts of deferred commands.
--

--- Patch [1]: [PATCH v7 1/2] ata: libata-scsi: terminate deferred commands on time out ---
commit 3b26adffba8da435c70bdca03b617603f9f9ae76
Author: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>

ata: libata-scsi: terminate deferred commands on time out

This commit avoids unnecessary SCSI EH task wake-ups by scheduling
a retry of all waiting deferred QCs using the new ata_scsi_eh_timed_out
operation. It also updates ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc to terminate
timed-out deferred commands directly and schedule libata EH to prevent
the block layer from re-issuing them immediately.

> diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
> index 5868526301a2b..c2f2f711fd987 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c

[ ... ]

> @@ -2936,7 +3014,15 @@ static void atapi_qc_complete(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
>  		if (qc->cdb[0] == ALLOW_MEDIUM_REMOVAL && qc->dev->sdev)
>  			qc->dev->sdev->locked = 0;
>  
> -		ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, true, SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION);
> +		if (cmd->result)
> +			ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, false, 0);
> +		else
> +			ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, true, SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION);
> +		return;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (cmd->result) {
> +		ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, false, 0);
>  		return;
>  	}
>  

[Severity: High]
This isn't a bug introduced by this patch, but should atapi_qc_complete()
be calling ata_scsi_schedule_deferred_qc(link) before returning?

Unlike ata_scsi_qc_complete() which kicks deferred commands,
atapi_qc_complete() misses this call on all of its exit paths, including
the ones modified here. If an ATAPI command is executing on a shared PATA
link and a concurrent command is issued to the other device, it gets
deferred by ata_std_qc_defer(). When the ATAPI command finishes, it
appears the deferred command will be trapped in link->deferred_qc and
never issued, eventually failing with DID_TIME_OUT and causing device hangs.

Could this function be missing a call to ata_scsi_schedule_deferred_qc()
to prevent starvation?

-- 
Sashiko AI review · https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260721064027.2081195-1-dlemoal@kernel.org?part=1

Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] ata: libata-scsi: terminate deferred commands on time out

[Damien Le Moal]

On 7/21/26 16:00, sashiko-bot@kernel.org wrote:
> Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
> 
> Pre-existing issues:
> - [High] Missing call to ata_scsi_schedule_deferred_qc() in atapi_qc_complete() leads to starvation and timeouts of deferred commands.
> --
> 
> --- Patch [1]: [PATCH v7 1/2] ata: libata-scsi: terminate deferred commands on time out ---
> commit 3b26adffba8da435c70bdca03b617603f9f9ae76
> Author: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
> 
> ata: libata-scsi: terminate deferred commands on time out
> 
> This commit avoids unnecessary SCSI EH task wake-ups by scheduling
> a retry of all waiting deferred QCs using the new ata_scsi_eh_timed_out
> operation. It also updates ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc to terminate
> timed-out deferred commands directly and schedule libata EH to prevent
> the block layer from re-issuing them immediately.
> 
>> diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
>> index 5868526301a2b..c2f2f711fd987 100644
>> --- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
>> +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
> 
> [ ... ]
> 
>> @@ -2936,7 +3014,15 @@ static void atapi_qc_complete(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
>>  		if (qc->cdb[0] == ALLOW_MEDIUM_REMOVAL && qc->dev->sdev)
>>  			qc->dev->sdev->locked = 0;
>>  
>> -		ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, true, SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION);
>> +		if (cmd->result)
>> +			ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, false, 0);
>> +		else
>> +			ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, true, SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION);
>> +		return;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	if (cmd->result) {
>> +		ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, false, 0);
>>  		return;
>>  	}
>>  
> 
> [Severity: High]
> This isn't a bug introduced by this patch, but should atapi_qc_complete()
> be calling ata_scsi_schedule_deferred_qc(link) before returning?
> 
> Unlike ata_scsi_qc_complete() which kicks deferred commands,
> atapi_qc_complete() misses this call on all of its exit paths, including
> the ones modified here. If an ATAPI command is executing on a shared PATA
> link and a concurrent command is issued to the other device, it gets
> deferred by ata_std_qc_defer(). When the ATAPI command finishes, it
> appears the deferred command will be trapped in link->deferred_qc and
> never issued, eventually failing with DID_TIME_OUT and causing device hangs.
> 
> Could this function be missing a call to ata_scsi_schedule_deferred_qc()
> to prevent starvation?

Yes. Will send another patch for that.

-- 
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research

[PATCH v7 2/2] scsi: libsas: terminate deferred commands on time out

[Damien Le Moal]

If a command times out while we have deferred non-NCQ commands waiting to
be issued, the SCSI EH task is not immediately woken up as the waiting
deferred commands are never issued nor completed, thus leaving the SCSI
host in a busy state (shost->host_failed != scsi_host_busy(shost)) which
prevents the SCSI EH task from being woken up. Eventually, when the
deferred commands also time out, the SCSI EH task is woken up and the
timeout processing occurs.

Avoid this unnecessary additional SCSI EH wake up time with the same
method as implemented in libata-scsi, using the eh_timed_out SCSI host
template operation. The function sas_eh_timed_out() implements this
operation and executes the function ata_scsi_retry_deferred_qc()
for SATA devices.

Co-developed-by: Igor Pylypiv <ipylypiv@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Igor Pylypiv <ipylypiv@google.com>
Fixes: 0ea84089dbf6 ("ata: libata-scsi: avoid Non-NCQ command starvation")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@kernel.org>
---
 drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c           |  5 +++--
 drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
 include/linux/libata.h              |  2 ++
 include/scsi/libsas.h               |  2 ++
 4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index c2f2f711fd98..ec7ea8f3ce40 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -1779,8 +1779,8 @@ static void ata_scsi_schedule_deferred_qc(struct ata_link *link)
 		queue_work(system_highpri_wq, &link->deferred_qc_work);
 }
 
-static enum scsi_timeout_action
-ata_scsi_retry_deferred_qc(struct ata_port *ap, struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
+enum scsi_timeout_action ata_scsi_retry_deferred_qc(struct ata_port *ap,
+						    struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 {
 	enum scsi_timeout_action action;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -1791,6 +1791,7 @@ ata_scsi_retry_deferred_qc(struct ata_port *ap, struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 
 	return action;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_scsi_retry_deferred_qc);
 
 enum scsi_timeout_action ata_scsi_eh_timed_out(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
index c83282733ec4..97ac3db5dccb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c
@@ -502,6 +502,21 @@ int sas_eh_target_reset_handler(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sas_eh_target_reset_handler);
 
+/*
+ * Handle deferred QCs in case of a command timeout.
+ * See ata_scsi_eh_timed_out() for details.
+ */
+enum scsi_timeout_action sas_eh_timed_out(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
+{
+	struct domain_device *dev = cmd_to_domain_dev(cmd);
+
+	if (dev_is_sata(dev))
+		return ata_scsi_retry_deferred_qc(dev->sata_dev.ap, cmd);
+
+	return SCSI_EH_NOT_HANDLED;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sas_eh_timed_out);
+
 /* Try to reset a device */
 static int try_to_reset_cmd_device(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 327da43d7496..ca0a7e025e9e 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -1153,6 +1153,8 @@ extern int ata_scsi_ioctl(struct scsi_device *dev, unsigned int cmd,
 #endif
 extern enum scsi_qc_status ata_scsi_queuecmd(struct Scsi_Host *h,
 					     struct scsi_cmnd *cmd);
+enum scsi_timeout_action ata_scsi_retry_deferred_qc(struct ata_port *ap,
+						    struct scsi_cmnd *scmd);
 enum scsi_timeout_action ata_scsi_eh_timed_out(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd);
 #if IS_REACHABLE(CONFIG_ATA)
 bool ata_scsi_dma_need_drain(struct request *rq);
diff --git a/include/scsi/libsas.h b/include/scsi/libsas.h
index 163f23c92b41..c7017ae76c61 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libsas.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libsas.h
@@ -705,6 +705,7 @@ void sas_task_abort(struct sas_task *);
 int sas_eh_abort_handler(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd);
 int sas_eh_device_reset_handler(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd);
 int sas_eh_target_reset_handler(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd);
+enum scsi_timeout_action sas_eh_timed_out(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd);
 
 extern void sas_target_destroy(struct scsi_target *);
 extern int sas_sdev_init(struct scsi_device *);
@@ -743,6 +744,7 @@ void sas_notify_phy_event(struct asd_sas_phy *phy, enum phy_event event,
 	.this_id			= -1,				\
 	.eh_device_reset_handler	= sas_eh_device_reset_handler,	\
 	.eh_target_reset_handler	= sas_eh_target_reset_handler,	\
+	.eh_timed_out			= sas_eh_timed_out,		\
 	.target_destroy			= sas_target_destroy,		\
 	.ioctl				= sas_ioctl,			\
 
-- 
2.55.0

Re: [PATCH v7 0/2] fixup handling of timeouts with deferred QCs

[Igor Pylypiv]

On Tue, Jul 21, 2026 at 03:40:25PM +0900, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> This patch series fixes libata and libsas to correctly handles deferred
> queued commands in case of a timeout error, to avoid excessive delays in
> waking up the scsi EH task.
> 
> Igor,
> 
> My apologies for the churn, but please retest!

Test results look good! Thank you for all the time and effort that you
spent on this issue. I learned a lot!

Tested-by: Igor Pylypiv <ipylypiv@google.com>

Best,
Igor

> Also, I added your Signed-off-by on patch 2 since half of it is yours.
> 
> Martin,
> 
> Once reviewed, I or you can take both patches ?
> 
> Changes from v6:
>  - In patch 1, go back to using direct command completion for retrying
>    deferred QCs, but adds libata EH trigger to avoid problems with the
>    block layer immediately re-issuing the retried commands. This same
>    method also allows directly handling timed out deferred QCs, which
>    simplifies libata EH.
> 
> Changes from v5:
>  - Reworked patch 1 to have deferred command retries all go through libata
>    EH to ensure that we do not run into issues with the block layer
>    immediately re-issuing retried deffered commands (which would create
>    again the problem we are trying to solve). This change necessitate the
>    introduction of a new QC flag and changes to the completion path for
>    commands to ATAPI devices.
> 
> Changes from v4:
>  - Simplified sas_eh_timed_out() code in patch 2
> 
> Changes from v3:
>  - Reimplement ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc() in patch 1 as
>    ata_eh_retry_deferred_qc() so that all requeue pathes use the same
>    function.
> 
> Changes from v2:
>  - Modified patch 1 to avoid the problem reported by Sashiko that requeued
>    deferred QCs may be re-ssued immediately by the block layer, thus
>    potentially keeping the device busy. The modification now relies on
>    libata-EH to perform the requeue instead of immediately doing it from
>    the eh_timed_out operation.
>  - Modified patch 2 to use the new helper function defined in patch 1.
> 
> Changes from v1:
>  - Modified patch 1 to ignore timed out deferred QCs in
>    ata_scsi_requeue_deferred_qc() to let ata_scsi_cmd_error_handler()
>    correctly handle this case.
> 
> Damien Le Moal (2):
>   ata: libata-scsi: terminate deferred commands on time out
>   scsi: libsas: terminate deferred commands on time out
> 
>  drivers/ata/libata-eh.c             |  29 ++------
>  drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c           | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  drivers/ata/libata.h                |   3 +-
>  drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c |  15 ++++
>  include/linux/libata.h              |   4 +
>  include/scsi/libsas.h               |   2 +
>  6 files changed, 127 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.55.0
>