This patch stores the pref bit from rptg command. PREF bit indicates preferred target port group for accessing a logical unit. This bit is used to optimize the STPG command handling. Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> --- --- linux-3.3-rc6/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c.orig 2012-03-27 14:19:33.000000000 -0500 +++ linux-3.3-rc6/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c 2012-03-27 14:28:04.000000000 -0500 @@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ struct alua_dh_data { int rel_port; int tpgs; int state; + int pref; unsigned flags; /* used for optimizing STPG */ unsigned char inq[ALUA_INQUIRY_SIZE]; unsigned char *buff; @@ -558,14 +559,16 @@ static int alua_rtpg(struct scsi_device for (k = 4, ucp = h->buff + 4; k < len; k += off, ucp += off) { if (h->group_id == (ucp[2] << 8) + ucp[3]) { h->state = ucp[0] & 0x0f; + h->pref = ucp[0] >> 7; valid_states = ucp[1]; } off = 8 + (ucp[7] * 4); } sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev, - "%s: port group %02x state %c supports %c%c%c%c%c%c%c\n", + "%s: port group %02x state %c %s supports %c%c%c%c%c%c%c\n", ALUA_DH_NAME, h->group_id, print_alua_state(h->state), + h->pref ? "preferred" : "non-preferred", valid_states&TPGS_SUPPORT_TRANSITION?'T':'t', valid_states&TPGS_SUPPORT_OFFLINE?'O':'o', valid_states&TPGS_SUPPORT_LBA_DEPENDENT?'L':'l', -- 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