CC linux-block (it was a typo in the original email) On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 10:40 PM Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > We have a use case where HDDs are regularly power on/off to perserve power. > When a drive is being removed, we often see errors like > > [ 172.803279] I/O error, dev sda, sector 3137184 > > These messages are confusing for automations that grep dmesg, as they look > very similar to real HDD error. > > Solve this issue with a new block state BLK_STS_OFFLINE. After the change, > the error message looks like > > [ 172.803279] device offline error, dev sda, sector 3137184 > > so that the automations won't confuse them with real I/O error. > > Song Liu (2): > block: introduce BLK_STS_OFFLINE > scsi: use BLK_STS_OFFLINE for not fully online devices > > block/blk-core.c | 1 + > drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c | 2 +- > include/linux/blk_types.h | 7 +++++++ > 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > -- > 2.30.2
