If attempting to abort requests due to a fail fail timeout or error handling while the link is down, we cannot send an abort out on the fabric. We can, however, send a cancel to the VIOS. This fixes ibmvfc to send a cancel in this case to prevent error handling from failing and/or escalating. Signed-off-by: Brian King <brking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c~ibmvfc_cancel_when_link_down drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c --- linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c~ibmvfc_cancel_when_link_down 2013-01-23 08:12:09.000000000 -0600 +++ linux-2.6-bjking1/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc.c 2013-01-23 09:18:46.000000000 -0600 @@ -2179,7 +2179,7 @@ static int ibmvfc_cancel_all(struct scsi return 0; } - if (vhost->state == IBMVFC_ACTIVE) { + if (vhost->logged_in) { evt = ibmvfc_get_event(vhost); ibmvfc_init_event(evt, ibmvfc_sync_completion, IBMVFC_MAD_FORMAT); @@ -2190,7 +2190,10 @@ static int ibmvfc_cancel_all(struct scsi tmf->common.length = sizeof(*tmf); tmf->scsi_id = rport->port_id; int_to_scsilun(sdev->lun, &tmf->lun); - tmf->flags = (type | IBMVFC_TMF_LUA_VALID); + if (vhost->state == IBMVFC_ACTIVE) + tmf->flags = (type | IBMVFC_TMF_LUA_VALID); + else + tmf->flags = IBMVFC_TMF_LUA_VALID; tmf->cancel_key = (unsigned long)sdev->hostdata; tmf->my_cancel_key = (unsigned long)starget->hostdata; @@ -2389,7 +2392,7 @@ static int ibmvfc_eh_abort_handler(struc { struct scsi_device *sdev = cmd->device; struct ibmvfc_host *vhost = shost_priv(sdev->host); - int cancel_rc, block_rc, abort_rc = 0; + int cancel_rc, block_rc; int rc = FAILED; ENTER; @@ -2397,11 +2400,11 @@ static int ibmvfc_eh_abort_handler(struc ibmvfc_wait_while_resetting(vhost); if (block_rc != FAST_IO_FAIL) { cancel_rc = ibmvfc_cancel_all(sdev, IBMVFC_TMF_ABORT_TASK_SET); - abort_rc = ibmvfc_abort_task_set(sdev); + ibmvfc_abort_task_set(sdev); } else cancel_rc = ibmvfc_cancel_all(sdev, 0); - if (!cancel_rc && !abort_rc) + if (!cancel_rc) rc = ibmvfc_wait_for_ops(vhost, sdev, ibmvfc_match_lun); if (block_rc == FAST_IO_FAIL && rc != FAILED) _ -- 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