Re: [PATCH] Rescan the entire target on transport reset when LUN is 0

[Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, Sep 08, 2020 at 05:53:16PM +0000, Felipe Franciosi wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Sep 8, 2020, at 3:22 PM, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> wrote:
> > 
> > On 28/08/20 14:21, Matej Genci wrote:
> >> VirtIO 1.0 spec says
> >>    The removed and rescan events ... when sent for LUN 0, they MAY
> >>    apply to the entire target so the driver can ask the initiator
> >>    to rescan the target to detect this.
> >> 
> >> This change introduces the behaviour described above by scanning the
> >> entire scsi target when LUN is set to 0. This is both a functional and a
> >> performance fix. It aligns the driver with the spec and allows control
> >> planes to hotplug targets with large numbers of LUNs without having to
> >> request a RESCAN for each one of them.
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Matej Genci <matej@nutanix.com>
> >> Suggested-by: Felipe Franciosi <felipe@nutanix.com>
> >> ---
> >> drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c | 7 ++++++-
> >> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
> >> index bfec84aacd90..a4b9bc7b4b4a 100644
> >> --- a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
> >> +++ b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c
> >> @@ -284,7 +284,12 @@ static void virtscsi_handle_transport_reset(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi,
> >> 
> >> 	switch (virtio32_to_cpu(vscsi->vdev, event->reason)) {
> >> 	case VIRTIO_SCSI_EVT_RESET_RESCAN:
> >> -		scsi_add_device(shost, 0, target, lun);
> >> +		if (lun == 0) {
> >> +			scsi_scan_target(&shost->shost_gendev, 0, target,
> >> +					 SCAN_WILD_CARD, SCSI_SCAN_INITIAL);
> >> +		} else {
> >> +			scsi_add_device(shost, 0, target, lun);
> >> +		}
> >> 		break;
> >> 	case VIRTIO_SCSI_EVT_RESET_REMOVED:
> >> 		sdev = scsi_device_lookup(shost, 0, target, lun);
> >> 
> > 
> > 
> > Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> 
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> 
> Thanks, Paolo.
> 
> I'm Cc'ing stable as I believe this fixes a driver bug where it
> doesn't follow the spec. Per commit message, today devices are
> required to issue RESCAN events for each LUN behind a target when
> hotplugging, or risking the driver not seeing the new LUNs.
> 
> Is this enough? Or should we resend after merge per below?
> https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/process/stable-kernel-rules.rst

You need to let stable know the git commit id of the patch in Linus's
tree if the cc: stable is not on the final commit that gets merged.

thanks,

greg k-h