From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brian King Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] ipr: move setting of the allow_restart flag for vsets and disks Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:41:54 -0500 Message-ID: <4C163FB2.6030105@linux.vnet.ibm.com> References: <20100610214133.343780338@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <4C115D3A.1020604@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from e38.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.159]:55637 "EHLO e38.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752496Ab0FNOmI (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:42:08 -0400 Received: from d03relay04.boulder.ibm.com (d03relay04.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.106]) by e38.co.us.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o5EEZQDW008533 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:35:26 -0600 Received: from d03av03.boulder.ibm.com (d03av03.boulder.ibm.com [9.17.195.169]) by d03relay04.boulder.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id o5EEfsrS061262 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:41:55 -0600 Received: from d03av03.boulder.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d03av03.boulder.ibm.com (8.14.4/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id o5EEfsiq005643 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:41:54 -0600 In-Reply-To: <4C115D3A.1020604@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Wayne Boyer Cc: James Bottomley , linux-scsi , Kleber Sacilotto de Souza Acked-by: Brian King On 06/10/2010 04:46 PM, Wayne Boyer wrote: > A problem was found where the call to scsi_add_device() fails intermittently > for an adapter. This is caused when __scsi_add_device() returns -ENODEV as > a result of not calling scsi_probe_and_add_lun() since the call to > scsi_host_scan_allowed() fails. scsi_host_scan_allowed() fails because the > adapter state is set to SHOST_RECOVERY instead of SHOST_RUNNING. The state of > the adapter is being set to SHOST_RECOVERY by scsi_eh_scmd_add() during > error handling. > > This problem is avoided by moving the setting of the allow_restart flag to > later in the device initialization sequence. This prevents further error > handling if we get a NOT_READY response from a TUR command by causing > scsi_check_sense() to return SUCCESS. Therefore, scsi_eh_scmd_add() will > not run and the adapter state will remain as SHOST_RUNNING. > > Signed-off-by: Wayne Boyer > --- > > drivers/scsi/ipr.c | 5 ++--- > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > Index: b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c > =================================================================== > --- a/drivers/scsi/ipr.c 2010-06-03 15:48:52.000000000 -0700 > +++ b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c 2010-06-08 17:22:14.000000000 -0700 > @@ -4350,8 +4350,6 @@ static int ipr_slave_configure(struct sc > IPR_VSET_RW_TIMEOUT); > blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(sdev->request_queue, IPR_VSET_MAX_SECTORS); > } > - if (ipr_is_vset_device(res) || ipr_is_scsi_disk(res)) > - sdev->allow_restart = 1; > if (ipr_is_gata(res) && res->sata_port) > ap = res->sata_port->ap; > spin_unlock_irqrestore(ioa_cfg->host->host_lock, lock_flags); > @@ -6768,7 +6766,8 @@ static int ipr_init_res_table(struct ipr > list_move_tail(&res->queue, &ioa_cfg->used_res_q); > ipr_init_res_entry(res, &cfgtew); > res->add_to_ml = 1; > - } > + } else if (res->sdev && (ipr_is_vset_device(res) || ipr_is_scsi_disk(res))) > + res->sdev->allow_restart = 1; > > if (found) > ipr_update_res_entry(res, &cfgtew); > -- Brian King Linux on Power Virtualization IBM Linux Technology Center