Re: [PATCH v9 9/9] Avoid reenabling I/O after the transport became offline

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On 02/15/2013 06:10 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> Disallow the SDEV_TRANSPORT_OFFLINE to SDEV_CANCEL transition such
> that no I/O is sent to devices for which the transport is offline.
> Notes:
> - Functions like sd_shutdown() use scsi_execute_req() and hence
>   set the REQ_PREEMPT flag. Such requests are passed to the LLD
>   queuecommand callback in the SDEV_CANCEL state.
> - This patch does not affect Fibre Channel LLD drivers since these
>   drivers invoke fc_remote_port_chkready() before submitting a SCSI
>   request to the HBA. That prevents a timeout to occur in state
>   SDEV_CANCEL if the transport is offline.
> 

Thanks for fixing this. Looks right to me.

Reviewed-by: Mike Christie <michaelc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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