linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH RESEND 1/1] Drivers: scsi: storvsc: Properly handle errors from the host

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Message-ID: <1335343999.3075.12.camel@dabdike.lan>
Date:	Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:53:19 +0100
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"virtualization@...ts.osdl.org" <virtualization@...ts.osdl.org>,
	"ohering@...e.com" <ohering@...e.com>,
	"hch@...radead.org" <hch@...radead.org>,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH RESEND 1/1] Drivers: scsi: storvsc: Properly handle
 errors from the host

On Wed, 2012-04-18 at 12:38 +0000, KY Srinivasan wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: KY Srinivasan
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:14 AM
> > To: KY Srinivasan; gregkh@...uxfoundation.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> > devel@...uxdriverproject.org; virtualization@...ts.osdl.org; ohering@...e.com;
> > jbottomley@...allels.com; hch@...radead.org; linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org;
> > apw@...onical.com
> > Subject: RE: [PATCH RESEND 1/1] Drivers: scsi: storvsc: Properly handle errors
> > from the host
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: K. Y. Srinivasan [mailto:kys@...rosoft.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 3:27 PM
> > > To: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> > > devel@...uxdriverproject.org; virtualization@...ts.osdl.org; ohering@...e.com;
> > > jbottomley@...allels.com; hch@...radead.org; linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org;
> > > apw@...onical.com
> > > Cc: KY Srinivasan
> > > Subject: [PATCH RESEND 1/1] Drivers: scsi: storvsc: Properly handle errors from
> > > the host
> > >
> > > If the host returns error for pass through commands, deal with them
> > > appropriately. I would like to thank James for patiently helping
> > > me with this patch.
> > 
> > James,
> > 
> > Thank you for suggesting the fix here. I hope this is what you were looking for.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > K. Y

OK, I have the patch, but the change log is a bit rubbish.  I changed it
to

Hyper-V cannot process some commands like ATA_12 and ATA_16. It also returns a
very generic error when this happens (SRB_STATUS_ERROR).  Most of the time we
treat SRB_STATUS_ERROR as DID_TARGET_FAILURE which causes error handler retry,
but in the case of pass through commands, they'll never succeed (and the error
handler will offline the device), so put a discriminating block in the command
completion routing and send the SRB_STATUS_ERROR upwards with DID_PASSTHROUGH
for commands we know should not be retried.

James


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