Re: [PATCH v12 6/6] Avoid re-enabling I/O after the transport became offline

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On 06/27/2013 04:57 PM, 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.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Mike Christie <michaelc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Bottomley <JBottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c   |    1 -
>  drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c |    4 +++-
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
> index 6a4fde7..63875c3 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
> @@ -2180,7 +2180,6 @@ scsi_device_set_state(struct scsi_device *sdev, enum scsi_device_state state)
>  		case SDEV_RUNNING:
>  		case SDEV_QUIESCE:
>  		case SDEV_OFFLINE:
> -		case SDEV_TRANSPORT_OFFLINE:
>  		case SDEV_BLOCK:
>  			break;
>  		default:
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
> index dfbaa34..666b741 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c
> @@ -959,14 +959,16 @@ void __scsi_remove_device(struct scsi_device *sdev)
>  {
>  	struct Scsi_Host *shost = sdev->host;
>  	struct device *dev = &sdev->sdev_gendev;
> +	enum scsi_device_state sdev_state;
>  	int res;
>  
>  	if (sdev->is_visible) {
>  		spin_lock_irq(shost->host_lock);
> +		sdev_state = sdev->sdev_state;
>  		res = scsi_device_set_state(sdev, SDEV_CANCEL);
>  		spin_unlock_irq(shost->host_lock);
>  
> -		if (res != 0)
> +		if (res != 0 && sdev_state != SDEV_TRANSPORT_OFFLINE)
>  			return;
>  
>  		bsg_unregister_queue(sdev->request_queue);
> 
Hmm. This is really subtle. Do you mind adding inserting a comment
here on why this is required?

Cheers,

Hannes
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