From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755857AbcBWWBv (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Feb 2016 17:01:51 -0500 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:41611 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755458AbcBWVov (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:44:51 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, "Hannes Reinecke" , "Johannes Thumshirn" , "Martin K. Petersen" Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:42:03 +0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) Subject: [PATCH 3.2 46/67] scsi_dh_rdac: always retry MODE SELECT on command lock violation In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 92.40.248.141 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.2.78-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Hannes Reinecke commit d2d06d4fe0f2cc2df9b17fefec96e6e1a1271d91 upstream. If MODE SELECT returns with sense '05/91/36' (command lock violation) it should always be retried without counting the number of retries. During an HBA upgrade or similar circumstances one might see a flood of MODE SELECT command from various HBAs, which will easily trigger the sense code and exceed the retry count. Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c @@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ static int mode_select_handle_sense(stru /* * Command Lock contention */ - err = SCSI_DH_RETRY; + err = SCSI_DH_IMM_RETRY; break; default: break; @@ -623,6 +623,8 @@ retry: err = mode_select_handle_sense(sdev, h->sense); if (err == SCSI_DH_RETRY && retry_cnt--) goto retry; + if (err == SCSI_DH_IMM_RETRY) + goto retry; } if (err == SCSI_DH_OK) { h->state = RDAC_STATE_ACTIVE;