This patch provides a common decoder for block status path related errors
that may be retried so various entities wishing to consult this do not
have to duplicate this decision.
Acked-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <keith.busch@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/blk_types.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index a1e628e032da..2d973ac54b09 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -39,6 +39,34 @@ typedef u8 __bitwise blk_status_t;
#define BLK_STS_AGAIN ((__force blk_status_t)12)
+/**
+ * blk_path_error - returns true if error may be path related
+ * @error: status the request was completed with
+ *
+ * Description:
+ * This classifies block error status into non-retryable errors and ones
+ * that may be successful if retried on a failover path.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * %false - retrying failover path will not help
+ * %true - may succeed if retried
+ */
+static inline bool blk_path_error(blk_status_t error)
+{
+ switch (error) {
+ case BLK_STS_NOTSUPP:
+ case BLK_STS_NOSPC:
+ case BLK_STS_TARGET:
+ case BLK_STS_NEXUS:
+ case BLK_STS_MEDIUM:
+ case BLK_STS_PROTECTION:
+ return false;
+ }
+
+ /* Anything else could be a path failure, so should be retried */
+ return true;
+}
+
struct blk_issue_stat {
u64 stat;
};
--
2.13.6
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