linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: mpt3sas: fix hang on ata passthru commands

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Date:   Thu, 29 Dec 2016 11:16:51 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jbaron@...mai.com
Cc:     linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        sathya.prakash@...adcom.com, chaitra.basappa@...adcom.com,
        suganath-prabu.subramani@...adcom.com,
        Sreekanth.Reddy@...adcom.com, hare@...e.de,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com, bart.vanassche@...disk.com,
        sagi@...mberg.me, jejb@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, hch@....de,
        dledford@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: mpt3sas: fix hang on ata passthru commands

From: Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2016 23:30:24 -0500

> On ata passthru commands scsih_qcmd() ends up spinning in
> scsi_wait_for_queuecommand() indefinitely. scsih_qcmd() is called from
> __blk_run_queue_uncond() which first increments request_fn_active to a
> non-zero value. Thus, scsi_wait_for_queuecommand() never completes because
> its spinning waiting for request_fn_active to become 0.
> 
> Two patches interact here. The first:
> 
> commit 18f6084a989b ("scsi: mpt3sas: Fix secure erase premature
> termination") calls scsi_internal_device_block() for ata passthru commands.
> 
> The second patch:
> 
> commit 669f044170d8 ("scsi: srp_transport: Move queuecommand() wait code
> to SCSI core") adds a call to scsi_wait_for_queuecommand() from
> scsi_internal_device_block().
> 
> Add a new parameter to scsi_internal_device_block() to decide whether
> or not to invoke scsi_wait_for_queuecommand().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>

Tested-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>