linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 056/196] scsi_dh_rdac: always retry MODE SELECT on command lock violation

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Message-Id: <1457483454-30115-57-git-send-email-kamal@canonical.com>
Date:	Tue,  8 Mar 2016 16:28:34 -0800
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
	"Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.19.y-ckt 056/196] scsi_dh_rdac: always retry MODE SELECT on command lock violation

3.19.8-ckt16 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

---8<------------------------------------------------------------

From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>

commit d2d06d4fe0f2cc2df9b17fefec96e6e1a1271d91 upstream.

If MODE SELECT returns with sense '05/91/36' (command lock violation)
it should always be retried without counting the number of retries.
During an HBA upgrade or similar circumstances one might see a flood
of MODE SELECT command from various HBAs, which will easily trigger
the sense code and exceed the retry count.

Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c
index b46ace3..dd0c133a 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static int mode_select_handle_sense(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 			/*
 			 * Command Lock contention
 			 */
-			err = SCSI_DH_RETRY;
+			err = SCSI_DH_IMM_RETRY;
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
@@ -618,6 +618,8 @@ retry:
 		err = mode_select_handle_sense(sdev, h->sense);
 		if (err == SCSI_DH_RETRY && retry_cnt--)
 			goto retry;
+		if (err == SCSI_DH_IMM_RETRY)
+			goto retry;
 	}
 	if (err == SCSI_DH_OK) {
 		h->state = RDAC_STATE_ACTIVE;
-- 
2.7.0