Re: [PATCH 2/3] scsi: disable VPD page check on error

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>>>>> "James" == James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

James> I also don't really like this.  If the device has a failure like
James> the QEMU one where it just hangs up, this won't help because the
James> problem already happened.  Conversely, if the device replies in
James> the negative, it should always do so, so I can't see what this
James> buys us, except the possibility of doing the wrong thing on a
James> transient error

Yeah.

James> I'd be much happier if you can point to a problem that this would
James> solve.

I'd like more details as well.

If we are going to entertain skipping VPD pages on error I would like it
to be as a result of a clear indication that it's the VPD that's the
problem and not just any error returned while querying the page.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering
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