On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 04:09:46PM -0600, Uday Shankar wrote:
> ublk currently supports the following behaviors on ublk server exit:
>
> A: outstanding I/Os get errors, subsequently issued I/Os get errors
> B: outstanding I/Os get errors, subsequently issued I/Os queue
> C: outstanding I/Os get reissued, subsequently issued I/Os queue
>
> and the following behaviors for recovery of preexisting block devices by
> a future incarnation of the ublk server:
>
> 1: ublk devices stopped on ublk server exit (no recovery possible)
> 2: ublk devices are recoverable using start/end_recovery commands
>
> The userspace interface allows selection of combinations of these
> behaviors using flags specified at device creation time, namely:
>
> default behavior: A + 1
> UBLK_F_USER_RECOVERY: B + 2
> UBLK_F_USER_RECOVERY|UBLK_F_USER_RECOVERY_REISSUE: C + 2
>
> We can't easily change the userspace interface to allow independent
> selection of one of {A, B, C} and one of {1, 2}, but we can refactor the
> internal helpers which test for the flags. Replace the existing helpers
> with the following set:
>
> ublk_nosrv_should_reissue_outstanding: tests for behavior C
> ublk_nosrv_[dev_]should_queue_io: tests for behavior B
> ublk_nosrv_should_stop_dev: tests for behavior 1
>
> Signed-off-by: Uday Shankar <ushankar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks,
Ming
