On 02/08/2016 03:34 PM, Hannes Reinecke wrote: > as promised here is now the second part of my ALUA device handler update. > This contains a major rework of the ALUA device handler as execution is > moved onto a workqueue. This has the advantage that we avoid having to > do multiple calls to the same LUN (as happens frequently when failing > over a LUN with several paths) and finally retries are handled correctly. > As some arrays are only capable of handling one STPG at a time I've added > a blacklist flag which then uses a singlethreaded workqueue, thereby > effectively synchronize STPG handling. > Thanks to Bart for this suggestion. > > As usual, comments and reviews are welcome. > > Changes to v4: > - use kfree_rcu() as suggested by hch > - Use 'IS_ERR' instead of 'PTR_ERR' when checking for validity > of a pointer > - Simplify pg assignment as suggested by hch > - Use separate WARN_ON statements a suggested by hch > - Fixes to avoid I/O stall on failover > > Changes to v3: > - Use scsi_device flag for blacklisting as suggested by hch > - Add Arrays for synchronous ALUA handling > - Move synchronize_rcu() into release_port_group() > - Add remaining reviewed tags > > Changes to v2: > - Use a SCSI blacklist flag instead of a hardware handler parameter > for switching to synchronous ALUA handling > - Move scsi_get_device_flags{,_keyed} to scsi_devinfo.h > - Move flush_delayed_work() into release_port_group() > - Rename alua_lookup_pg() into alua_find_get_pg() > - Add __rcu annotations to keep sparse happy > > Changes to v1: > - Include reviews from hch > - Switch to hardware handler parameter instead of module option > > Hannes Reinecke (23): > scsi_dh_alua: Pass buffer as function argument > scsi_dh_alua: separate out alua_stpg() > scsi_dh_alua: Make stpg synchronous > scsi_dh_alua: call alua_rtpg() if stpg fails > scsi_dh_alua: switch to scsi_execute_req_flags() > scsi_dh_alua: allocate RTPG buffer separately > scsi_dh_alua: Use separate alua_port_group structure > scsi_dh_alua: use unique device id > scsi_dh_alua: simplify alua_initialize() > revert commit a8e5a2d593cb ("[SCSI] scsi_dh_alua: ALUA handler attach > should succeed while TPG is transitioning") > scsi_dh_alua: move optimize_stpg evaluation > scsi_dh_alua: remove 'rel_port' from alua_dh_data structure > scsi_dh_alua: Use workqueue for RTPG > scsi_dh_alua: Allow workqueue to run synchronously > scsi_dh_alua: Add new blacklist flag 'BLIST_SYNC_ALUA' > scsi_dh_alua: Recheck state on unit attention > scsi_dh_alua: update all port states > scsi_dh_alua: Send TEST UNIT READY to poll for transitioning > scsi_dh: add 'rescan' callback > scsi: Add 'access_state' attribute > scsi_dh_alua: use common definitions for ALUA state > scsi_dh_alua: update 'access_state' field > scsi_dh_alua: Update version to 2.0 > > drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c | 988 ++++++++++++++++++++--------- > drivers/scsi/scsi_devinfo.c | 2 + > drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c | 1 + > drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c | 12 +- > drivers/scsi/scsi_sysfs.c | 49 ++ > include/scsi/scsi_device.h | 2 + > include/scsi/scsi_devinfo.h | 1 + > include/scsi/scsi_dh.h | 2 + > include/scsi/scsi_proto.h | 13 + > 9 files changed, 763 insertions(+), 307 deletions(-) > And for the impatient I've pushed the entire patchset to my kernel repository at kernel.org: kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/hare/scsi-devel.git alua-2.v5 Cheers, Hannes -- Dr. Hannes Reinecke Teamlead Storage & Networking hare@xxxxxxx +49 911 74053 688 SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg GF: F. Imendörffer, J. Smithard, J. Guild, D. Upmanyu, G. Norton HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) -- 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