Re: [SCSI] Fix spurious request sense in error handling

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On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 07:51:01AM -0700, James Bottomley wrote:
> Upstream Commit: d555a2abf3481f81303d835046a5ec2c4fb3ca8e
> 
> We unconditionally execute scsi_eh_get_sense() to make sure all failed
> commands that should have sense attached, do.  However, the routine forgets
> that some commands, because of the way they fail, will not have any sense code
> ... we should not bother them with a REQUEST_SENSE command.  Fix this by
> testing to see if we actually got a CHECK_CONDITION return and skip asking for
> sense if we don't.
> 
> Tested-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> ---
> 
> This actually fixes a bug in SCSI error handling (causing the eh to
> issue a command while it is still pending at the HBA) which is causing
> several other problems with miscellaneous drivers.  Please backport as
> far as it will go.

Thanks, I'm also queuing this for the 3.11 kernel.

Cheers,
--
Luís

> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
> index 771c16b..d020149 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
> @@ -1157,6 +1157,15 @@ int scsi_eh_get_sense(struct list_head *work_q,
>  					     __func__));
>  			break;
>  		}
> +		if (status_byte(scmd->result) != CHECK_CONDITION)
> +			/*
> +			 * don't request sense if there's no check condition
> +			 * status because the error we're processing isn't one
> +			 * that has a sense code (and some devices get
> +			 * confused by sense requests out of the blue)
> +			 */
> +			continue;
> +
>  		SCSI_LOG_ERROR_RECOVERY(2, scmd_printk(KERN_INFO, scmd,
>  						  "%s: requesting sense\n",
>  						  current->comm));
> 
> 
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