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ipr: move setting of the allow_restart flag for vsets and disks

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PATCH 1/1 ipr: move setting of the allow_restart flag for vsets and disks

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.

---

 drivers/scsi/ipr.c |    5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
drivers/scsi/ipr.c +2 -3
Index: b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
===================================================================
@@ -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);
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#2 lore raw
Quoted 44 lines · Wayne Boyer

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.

---

 drivers/scsi/ipr.c |    5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Index: b/drivers/scsi/ipr.c
===================================================================

drivers/scsi/ipr.c +2 -3
@@ -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);
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