> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Erwan Velu > Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 10:32 AM > Subject: [PATCH] scsi: smartpqi_init: Reporting 'logical unit failure' > > When this HARDWARE_ERROR/0x3e/0x1 case is triggered, the logical volume is offlined. > When reading the kernel log, the cause why the device got offlined isn't reported to the user. > This situation makes difficult for admins to estimate _why_ the volume got offlined. > Reading this part of the code makes clear this is because driver received a HARDWARE_ERROR/0x3e/0x1 > which is a 'logical unit failure'. > > This patch is just about reporting that fact to help admins making a relationship between this event > and the offlining. > > Signed-off-by: Erwan Velu <e.velu@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c b/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c > index f564af8949e8..89f37d76735c 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/smartpqi/smartpqi_init.c > @@ -2764,6 +2764,12 @@ static void pqi_process_raid_io_error(struct pqi_io_request *io_request) > sshdr.sense_key == HARDWARE_ERROR && > sshdr.asc == 0x3e && > sshdr.ascq == 0x1) { > + struct pqi_ctrl_info *ctrl_info = shost_to_hba(scmd->device->host); > + struct pqi_scsi_dev *device = scmd->device->hostdata; > + > + dev_err(&ctrl_info->pci_dev->dev, "received 'logical unit failure' from controller > for scsi %d:%d:%d:%d\n", > + ctrl_info->scsi_host->host_no, device->bus, > + device->target, device->lun); > pqi_take_device_offline(scmd->device, "RAID"); > host_byte = DID_NO_CONNECT; > } Be careful printing errors per-IO; you could get thousands of them if things go bad. The block layer print_req_error() uses printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR) for that reason, and the SCSI layer scsi_io_completion_action() maintains a ratelimit on its own. The dev_err_ratelimited() macro might be a good fit here. --- Robert Elliott, HPE Persistent Memory