On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:24:05 -0500 "Alan D. Brunelle" <Alan.Brunelle@xxxxxx> wrote: > Commands needing to be retried require a complete re-initialization. > > The test-unit-ready portion of this patch was causing boots to fail on > my test machine (as in http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/12/5/161). With this > patch in place, the system is booting reliably. > > Mike Anderson found the same problem in the hp_hw_start_stop code, > and I applied the same solution in cdrom_read_cdda_bpc. > > Signed-off-by: Alan D. Brunelle <alan.brunelle@xxxxxx> > Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Mike Anderson <andmike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c | 16 ++++++++++------ > drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_hp_sw.c | 12 ++++++++---- > 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_hp_sw.c b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_hp_sw.c > index 9aec4ca..f7da753 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_hp_sw.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_hp_sw.c > @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ static int hp_sw_tur(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct hp_sw_dh_data *h) > struct request *req; > int ret; > > +retry: > req = blk_get_request(sdev->request_queue, WRITE, GFP_NOIO); > if (!req) > return SCSI_DH_RES_TEMP_UNAVAIL; > @@ -121,7 +122,6 @@ static int hp_sw_tur(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct hp_sw_dh_data *h) > memset(req->sense, 0, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE); > req->sense_len = 0; > > -retry: > ret = blk_execute_rq(req->q, NULL, req, 1); > if (ret == -EIO) { > if (req->sense_len > 0) { > @@ -136,8 +136,10 @@ retry: > h->path_state = HP_SW_PATH_ACTIVE; > ret = SCSI_DH_OK; > } > - if (ret == SCSI_DH_IMM_RETRY) > + if (ret == SCSI_DH_IMM_RETRY) { > + blk_put_request(req); > goto retry; > + } > if (ret == SCSI_DH_DEV_OFFLINED) { > h->path_state = HP_SW_PATH_PASSIVE; > ret = SCSI_DH_OK; > @@ -200,6 +202,7 @@ static int hp_sw_start_stop(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct hp_sw_dh_data *h) > struct request *req; > int ret, retry; > > +retry: > req = blk_get_request(sdev->request_queue, WRITE, GFP_NOIO); > if (!req) > return SCSI_DH_RES_TEMP_UNAVAIL; > @@ -216,7 +219,6 @@ static int hp_sw_start_stop(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct hp_sw_dh_data *h) > req->sense_len = 0; > retry = h->retries; > > -retry: > ret = blk_execute_rq(req->q, NULL, req, 1); > if (ret == -EIO) { > if (req->sense_len > 0) { > @@ -231,8 +233,10 @@ retry: > ret = SCSI_DH_OK; > > if (ret == SCSI_DH_RETRY) { > - if (--retry) > + if (--retry) { > + blk_put_request(req); > goto retry; > + } > ret = SCSI_DH_IO; > } Looks like the majority of the usage of blk_get_request/blk_execute_rq/blk_put_request can be simply replaced with scsi_execute()? The problem is that scsi_execute doesn't return all the information about errors? -- 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