I have a question about scsi_eh_tur. The comment says: /** * scsi_eh_tur - Send TUR to device. * @scmd: Scsi cmd to send TUR * * Return value: * 0 - Device is ready. 1 - Device NOT ready. **/ static int scsi_eh_tur(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd) However, this function is used throughout the error handling code in an idiom that seems to imply the opposite polarity: !scsi_device_online(sdev) || !scsi_eh_tur(bdr_scmd) For example (scsi_eh_bus_device_reset): rtn = scsi_try_bus_device_reset(bdr_scmd); if (rtn == SUCCESS) { if (!scsi_device_online(sdev) || !scsi_eh_tur(bdr_scmd)) { list_for_each_entry_safe(scmd, next, work_q, eh_entry) { if (scmd->device == sdev) scsi_eh_finish_cmd(scmd, done_q); } } } else { SCSI_LOG_ERROR_RECOVERY(3, printk("%s: BDR" " failed sdev:" "0x%p\n", current->comm, sdev)); } It looks like the intent of the first branch above is to do a BDR, and if that succeeds but the device remains offline or does not respond to a test-unit-ready then to finish all the commands for that device instead of retrying them. Even within scsi_eh_tur, things get confused. This is near the end: if (rtn == SUCCESS) return 0; else if (rtn == NEEDS_RETRY) { if (retry_cnt--) goto retry_tur; return 0; } return 1; So if (rtn == SUCCESS) or (rtn == NEEDS_RETRY && retry_cnt == 0) then we consider the device to be ready? I would think running out of retries without SUCCESS would mean the device isn't ready, i.e. the function should return 1. Do I misunderstand? Chip -- Charles M. "Chip" Coldwell Senior Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. 1-978-392-2426 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html