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

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Date:   Tue, 22 Aug 2017 12:12:04 +0530
From:   Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Brian King <brking@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     Bart Van Assche <Bart.VanAssche@....com>,
        "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
        "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: Re: [PATCH 0/2] Allow scsi_prep_fn to occur for retried commands

On Mon, 2017-08-21 at 17:11 -0500, Brian King wrote:
> 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
> 

Thank you Brian and Bart, for your efforts to fix this bug.

I tested these patches on my PowerPC machine and system booted fine.

[PATCHv2 1/2] scsi: Move scsi_cmd->jiffies_at_alloc initialization to
allocation time
[PATCH 2/2] scsi: Preserve retry counter through scsi_prep_fn

Reported-and-Tested-by: Abdul Haleem <abdhalee@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

-- 
Regard's

Abdul Haleem
IBM Linux Technology Centre