linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] scsi: Preserve retry counter through scsi_prep

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Message-ID: <20170822065133.GB7054@lst.de>
Date:   Tue, 22 Aug 2017 08:51:33 +0200
From:   "hch@....de" <hch@....de>
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>,
        "abdhalee@...ux.vnet.ibm.com" <abdhalee@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "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 2/2] scsi: Preserve retry counter through scsi_prep_fn

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 05:14:00PM -0500, Brian King wrote:
> Save / restore the retry counter in scsi_cmd in scsi_init_command.
> This allows us to go back through scsi_init_command for retries
> and not forget we are doing a retry.

So where will we initialize it to zero now?