linux-kernel - [PATCH 0/2] Allow scsi_prep_fn to occur for retried commands

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Message-Id: <f4ec8576-f4d7-4be3-0f38-c1a9d7ef4251@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Mon, 21 Aug 2017 17:11:30 -0500
From:   Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@....com>,
        "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        "abdhalee@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <abdhalee@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "hch@....de" <hch@....de>,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "sfr@...b.auug.org.au" <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        "sachinp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <sachinp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "linux-next@...r.kernel.org" <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        "hare@...e.com" <hare@...e.com>,
        "mpe@...erman.id.au" <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Subject: [PATCH 0/2] Allow scsi_prep_fn to occur for retried commands

The following two patches address the hang issue being observed
with Bart's patch on powerpc. The first patch moves the initialization
of jiffies_at_alloc from scsi_init_command to scsi_init_rq, and ensures
we don't zero jiffies_at_alloc in scsi_init_command. The second patch
saves / restores the retry counter in scsi_init_command which lets us
go through scsi_init_command for retries and not forget why we were
there. 

These patches have only been boot tested on my Power machine with ipr
to ensure they fix the issue I was seeing.

-Brian

-- 
Brian King
Power Linux I/O
IBM Linux Technology Center