Re: [PATCH 1/2] scsi: core: Retry passthrough commands if SCMD_RETRY_PASST_ON_UA is set

[Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>]

On 2024/08/07 13:32, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> The SCSI core does not retry passthrough commands even if the SCSI device
> reports a retryable unit attention condition. Support retrying in this case
> by introducing the SCMD_RETRY_PASST_ON_UA flag.

This flag is badly named since nowhere it is checked that the retry happens on
UNIT ATTENTION. The retry may happen with other sense key as well, no ?

So what about simply calling this: SCMD_RETRY_PASSTHROUGH ?

> 
> Cc: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
> Cc: Mike Christie <michael.christie@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c | 5 ++++-
>  include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h  | 5 ++++-
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
> index 612489afe8d2..38e3ea85e381 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
> @@ -1855,7 +1855,10 @@ bool scsi_noretry_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
>  	 * assume caller has checked sense and determined
>  	 * the check condition was retryable.
>  	 */
> -	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_DEV || blk_rq_is_passthrough(req))
> +	if (req->cmd_flags & REQ_FAILFAST_DEV)
> +		return true;
> +	if (blk_rq_is_passthrough(req) &&
> +	    !(scmd->flags & SCMD_RETRY_PASST_ON_UA))
>  		return true;
>  
>  	return false;
> diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
> index 45c40d200154..43c584fbeaca 100644
> --- a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
> +++ b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
> @@ -58,8 +58,11 @@ struct scsi_pointer {
>   */
>  #define SCMD_FORCE_EH_SUCCESS	(1 << 3)
>  #define SCMD_FAIL_IF_RECOVERING	(1 << 4)
> +/* If set, retry a passthrough command in case of a unit attention. */
> +#define SCMD_RETRY_PASST_ON_UA	(1 << 5)
>  /* flags preserved across unprep / reprep */
> -#define SCMD_PRESERVED_FLAGS	(SCMD_INITIALIZED | SCMD_FAIL_IF_RECOVERING)
> +#define SCMD_PRESERVED_FLAGS	\
> +	(SCMD_INITIALIZED | SCMD_FAIL_IF_RECOVERING | SCMD_RETRY_PASST_ON_UA)
>  
>  /* for scmd->state */
>  #define SCMD_STATE_COMPLETE	0
> 

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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research