Re: 2.5.63/64 do not boot: loop in scsi_error

[Mike Anderson <andmike@us.ibm.com>]

Zwane Mwaikambo [zwane@linuxpower.ca] wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, James Bottomley wrote:
> 
> > Actually, all three if's need nots in front:
> > 
> > diff -Nru a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
> > --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c	Thu Mar  6 11:21:22 2003
> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c	Thu Mar  6 11:21:22 2003
> > @@ -1490,9 +1490,9 @@
> >  			       struct list_head *work_q,
> >  			       struct list_head *done_q)
> >  {
> > -	if (scsi_eh_bus_device_reset(shost, work_q, done_q))
> > -		if (scsi_eh_bus_reset(shost, work_q, done_q))
> > -			if (scsi_eh_host_reset(work_q, done_q))
> > +	if (!scsi_eh_bus_device_reset(shost, work_q, done_q))
> > +		if (!scsi_eh_bus_reset(shost, work_q, done_q))
> > +			if (!scsi_eh_host_reset(work_q, done_q))
> >  				scsi_eh_offline_sdevs(work_q, done_q);
> >  }
> 
> Ok patched 2.5.63 is back to booting as 2.5.62, would you like any more 
> information?
> 

I believe we have all the information we need.

Thanks for sending the previous data and trying the patch.

I still need to understand the error signature for Andries as it sounds
different then what you are seeing.

-andmike
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Michael Anderson
andmike@us.ibm.com