linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] [SCSI] LIBSAS: fix libsas link error issue

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:31:34 +0800
From:	"Jack Wang" <jack_wang@...sh.com>
To:	"'Xiangliang Yu'" <yuxiangl@...vell.com>,
	"'James Bottomley'" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc:	<yxlraid@...il.com>, <lucas.demarchi@...fusion.mobi>,
	<maciej.trela@...el.com>, <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	<linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'Jacky Feng'" <jfeng@...vell.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] [SCSI] LIBSAS: fix libsas link error issue

> > [Jack Wang]
> >It's the same, sas_ex_get_linkrate use DISCOVER response as linkrate.
> But the function have problem, actually, the error statement is:
> child->linkrate = min(parent_phy->linkrate, child->max_linkrate);
> its mean like this:
> child->linkrate = min(child_phy->linkrate,
> max(parent->max_linkrate,child_phy->linkrate));
> and if parent->max_linkrate(3Gbps) is less than
child_phy->linkrate(6Gbps),
> the statement will be change this:
> child->linkrate = child_phy->linkrate, forget the parent linkrate.
[Jack Wang] 
I don't think the statement below is error:
child->linkrate = min(parent_phy->linkrate, child->max_linkrate);

parent_phy->linkrate is came from sas_set_ex_phy which will set the linkrate
to negotiated logical linkrate. For your eg: you topo like this:
hba(3G)---expander1(6G)---expander2(6G):

Then expander1's linkrate will set to 3G, and expander2's linkrate will set
to 6G, that is correct. But the connection rate will be 3G from hba to
expander2.

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