linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: smartpqi_init: Reporting 'logical unit failure'

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Message-Id: <1551455797.3334.6.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Fri, 01 Mar 2019 07:56:37 -0800
From:   James Bottomley <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Erwan Velu <e.velu@...teo.com>,
        Erwan Velu <erwanaliasr1@...il.com>,
        "elliott@....com" <elliott@....com>
Cc:     Don Brace <don.brace@...rosemi.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        "open list:MICROSEMI SMART ARRAY SMARTPQI DRIVER (smartpqi)" 
        <esc.storagedev@...rosemi.com>,
        "open list:MICROSEMI SMART ARRAY SMARTPQI DRIVER (smartpqi)" 
        <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: smartpqi_init: Reporting 'logical unit failure'

On Fri, 2019-03-01 at 15:43 +0000, Erwan Velu wrote:
> Le 01/03/2019 à 16:26, James Bottomley a écrit :
> > [...]
> > Shouldn't this be a variant of sdev/scmd_printk?  Otherwise it
> > tells
> > you what disk in the array terms is the problem but not what device
> > in
> > your actual system is affected.
> 
> Hey James,
> 
> My initial take on that was that pqi_take_device_offline(), which is 
> called just after, will print the "re-scanning " message with the
> same 
> format.
> 
> As they will be both printed in the same error context and one after
> the 
> other, I though that would make sense to represent the same
> information 
> to ease the reading like cause -> consequence.
> 
> As the message is about the LUN itself, which is reported faulty, I 
> though it would worth reporting the info that way.
> 
> Shall I consider printing also the disk name in addition ?

I was thinking just

if (printk_ratelimit())
	scmd_printk(KERN_ERR, scmd, "received 'logical unit failure' from controller for scsi %d:%d:%d:%d\n", ...

That will give all the necessary information

James