From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg KH Subject: Re: raid 5 creation fails on usb3 connected drives kernel 4.4.x, 4.5 Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2016 09:08:40 -0700 Message-ID: <20160416160840.GC10824@kroah.com> References: <57037A8B.4010305@westnet.com.au> <20160406095308.GA31167@kroah.com> <5705EA77.7050408@westnet.com.au> <20160407144413.GD10853@kroah.com> <57067E1B.60706@westnet.com.au> <20160407155908.GA8655@kroah.com> <57077BC8.7010300@westnet.com.au> <20160408142435.GA4793@kroah.com> <5708D6F2.7000608@westnet.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5708D6F2.7000608-ncau/BB9MAPvnOemgxGiVw@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-usb-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Brian Chadwick , Christoph Hellwig , Jens Axboe , Hannes Reinecke , James Bottomley Cc: linux-usb-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, linux-scsi-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Apr 09, 2016 at 08:18:26PM +1000, Brian Chadwick wrote: > On 09/04/16 00:24, Greg KH wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 07:37:12PM +1000, Brian Chadwick wrote: > > > On 08/04/16 01:59, Greg KH wrote: > > > > On Fri, Apr 08, 2016 at 01:34:51AM +1000, Brian Chadwick wrote: > > > > > On 08/04/16 00:44, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 07, 2016 at 03:04:55PM +1000, Brian Chadwick wrote: > > > > > > > On 06/04/16 19:53, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 05, 2016 at 06:42:51PM +1000, Brian Chadwick wrote: > > > > > > > > > SETUP: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > i7 16GB Computer. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1 x PCI-x USB3 adaptor card (i think uses xhci-hcd)04:00.0 USB controller: > > > > > > > > > Renesas Technology Corp. uPD720202 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 02) > > > > > > > > > Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2 x USB3 to dual SATA HDD docks. uses JMicron JMS56x Series controllers, > > > > > > > > > uses uas.ko kernel module > > > > > > > > > Bus 004 Device 002: ID 152d:9561 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA > > > > > > > > > Technology Corp. > > > > > > > > > Bus 004 Device 003: ID 152d:9561 JMicron Technology Corp. / JMicron USA > > > > > > > > > Technology Corp. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 3 x Western Digital 320GB 3.5" SATA drives > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > USE: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > RAID 5 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > KERNEL: > > > > > > > > > 4.3.5 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > System works perfectly as expected. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Change to kernel 4.4.x or 4.5 and RAID 5 doesnt work. I am not sure whether > > > > > > > > > its actually RAID 5 at fault or if its the USB Attached SCSI driver uas.ko, > > > > > > > > > or maybe the host driver xhci-hcd. > > > > > > > > Can you run 'git bisect' to try to track down the offending commit? > Hi, well to my surprise git bisect has come up with a commit about which I > had no inkling. I may have to go to another mailing list it doesnt look like > a usb problem. > > This is the final output of 'git bisect view' : > > > commit 64d513ac31bd02a3c9b69ef04444f36c196f9a9d > Author: Christoph Hellwig > Date: Thu Oct 8 09:28:04 2015 +0100 > > scsi: use host wide tags by default > > This patch changes the !blk-mq path to the same defaults as the blk-mq > I/O path by always enabling block tagging, and always using host wide > tags. We've had blk-mq available for a few releases so bugs with > this mode should have been ironed out, and this ensures we get better > coverage of over tagging setup over different configs. > > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig > Acked-by: Jens Axboe > Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke > Signed-off-by: James Bottomley > > > > Thank you for your help in narrowing this down, and in educating me about > git bisect (its a neat tool) ... I await your advice as how to proceed from > here. Sorry for the delay, nice work tracking down the problem. Christoph, any ideas? This patch is breaking this user's system as described above. Is there a more recent fix for this, or did something forget to get changed in the large patch you did here? thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html