linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 7/7] drivers: scsi: storvsc: Correctly handle TEST_UNIT

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Date:	Mon, 14 Jul 2014 08:17:37 +0200
From:	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>, jasowang@...hat.com,
	apw@...onical.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, ohering@...e.com,
	jbottomley@...allels.com, hch@...radead.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
CC:	stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/7] drivers: scsi: storvsc: Correctly handle TEST_UNIT_READY
 failure

On 07/12/2014 06:48 PM, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> On some Windows hosts on FC SANs, TEST_UNIT_READY can return SRB_STATUS_ERROR.
> Correctly handle this. Note that there is sufficient sense information to
> support scsi error handling even in this case.
>
> In this version of the patch I have addressed comments from
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
>
> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
> Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
> ---
>   drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c |    7 +++++++
>   1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
> index 9342ba4..29d0329 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
> @@ -1018,6 +1018,13 @@ static void storvsc_handle_error(struct vmscsi_request *vm_srb,
>   		case ATA_12:
>   			set_host_byte(scmnd, DID_PASSTHROUGH);
>   			break;
> +		/*
> +		 * On Some Windows hosts TEST_UNIT_READY command can return
> +		 * SRB_STATUS_ERROR, let the upper level code deal with it
> +		 * based on the sense information.
> +		 */
> +		case TEST_UNIT_READY:
> +			break;
>   		default:
>   			set_host_byte(scmnd, DID_TARGET_FAILURE);
>   		}
>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>

Cheers,

Hannes
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