This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled scsi: libsas: Fix exp-attached device scan after probe failure scanned in again after probe failed to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: scsi-libsas-fix-exp-attached-device-scan-after-probe.patch and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit e32883a1d3751b1c4a625dcaab2db4c6dae2cac5 Author: Xingui Yang <yangxingui@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed Jun 19 09:17:42 2024 +0000 scsi: libsas: Fix exp-attached device scan after probe failure scanned in again after probe failed [ Upstream commit ab2068a6fb84751836a84c26ca72b3beb349619d ] The expander phy will be treated as broadcast flutter in the next revalidation after the exp-attached end device probe failed, as follows: [78779.654026] sas: broadcast received: 0 [78779.654037] sas: REVALIDATING DOMAIN on port 0, pid:10 [78779.654680] sas: ex 500e004aaaaaaa1f phy05 change count has changed [78779.662977] sas: ex 500e004aaaaaaa1f phy05 originated BROADCAST(CHANGE) [78779.662986] sas: ex 500e004aaaaaaa1f phy05 new device attached [78779.663079] sas: ex 500e004aaaaaaa1f phy05:U:8 attached: 500e004aaaaaaa05 (stp) [78779.693542] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: dev[16:5] found [78779.701155] sas: done REVALIDATING DOMAIN on port 0, pid:10, res 0x0 [78779.707864] sas: Enter sas_scsi_recover_host busy: 0 failed: 0 ... [78835.161307] sas: --- Exit sas_scsi_recover_host: busy: 0 failed: 0 tries: 1 [78835.171344] sas: sas_probe_sata: for exp-attached device 500e004aaaaaaa05 returned -19 [78835.180879] hisi_sas_v3_hw 0000:b4:02.0: dev[16:5] is gone [78835.187487] sas: broadcast received: 0 [78835.187504] sas: REVALIDATING DOMAIN on port 0, pid:10 [78835.188263] sas: ex 500e004aaaaaaa1f phy05 change count has changed [78835.195870] sas: ex 500e004aaaaaaa1f phy05 originated BROADCAST(CHANGE) [78835.195875] sas: ex 500e004aaaaaaa1f rediscovering phy05 [78835.196022] sas: ex 500e004aaaaaaa1f phy05:U:A attached: 500e004aaaaaaa05 (stp) [78835.196026] sas: ex 500e004aaaaaaa1f phy05 broadcast flutter [78835.197615] sas: done REVALIDATING DOMAIN on port 0, pid:10, res 0x0 The cause of the problem is that the related ex_phy's attached_sas_addr was not cleared after the end device probe failed, so reset it. Signed-off-by: Xingui Yang <yangxingui@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240619091742.25465-1-yangxingui@xxxxxxxxxx Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h index a94bd0790b055..6ddccc67e808f 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h +++ b/drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_internal.h @@ -119,6 +119,20 @@ static inline void sas_fail_probe(struct domain_device *dev, const char *func, i func, dev->parent ? "exp-attached" : "direct-attached", SAS_ADDR(dev->sas_addr), err); + + /* + * If the device probe failed, the expander phy attached address + * needs to be reset so that the phy will not be treated as flutter + * in the next revalidation + */ + if (dev->parent && !dev_is_expander(dev->dev_type)) { + struct sas_phy *phy = dev->phy; + struct domain_device *parent = dev->parent; + struct ex_phy *ex_phy = &parent->ex_dev.ex_phy[phy->number]; + + memset(ex_phy->attached_sas_addr, 0, SAS_ADDR_SIZE); + } + sas_unregister_dev(dev->port, dev); }