linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3] qla2xxx: Return EBUSY on fcport deletion

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Date:   Wed, 14 Oct 2020 11:57:04 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   Finn Thain <fthain@...egraphics.com.au>
To:     Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>
cc:     Nilesh Javali <njavali@...vell.com>, Arun Easi <aeasi@...vell.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] qla2xxx: Return EBUSY on fcport deletion


On Tue, 13 Oct 2020, Daniel Wagner wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 10:59:18AM +1100, Finn Thain wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 12 Oct 2020, Daniel Wagner wrote:
> > 
> > > When the fcport is about to be deleted we should return EBUSY 
> > > instead of ENODEV. Only for EBUSY the request will be requeued in a 
> > > multipath setup.
> > > 
> > > Also in case we have a valid qpair but the firmware has not yet 
> > > started return EBUSY to avoid dropping the request.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Wagner <dwagner@...e.de>
> > > ---
> > > 
> > > v3: simplify test logic as suggested by Arun.
> > 
> > Not exactly a "simplification": there was a change of behaviour 
> > between v2 and v3. It seems the commit log no longer reflects the 
> > code.
> 
> How so? I am struggling to see how it could be a change in behavior. But 
> then I sometimes fail at simple logic ;)
> 

Me too, so I confirmed the result by executing the code snippets.

> v2 and v3 will return ENODEV if qpair or fcport are invalid and for 
> EBUSY one of the other condition needs be true. The difference between 
> v2 and v3 should only be the order how tests are executed. The outcome 
> should be the same.
> 

Here's a truth table for v2:

qpair fw_started fcport deleted result
---------------------------------------
F       X       F       X       -ENODEV
F       F       T       F       -ENODEV
F       F       T       T       -EBUSY  *
F       T       T       F       -ENODEV
F       T       T       T       -EBUSY  *
T       F       F       X       -EBUSY  *
T       F       T       X       -EBUSY
T       T       F       X       -ENODEV
T       T       T       F       neither
T       T       T       T       -EBUSY

Here's a truth table for v3:

qpair fw_started fcport deleted result
---------------------------------------
F       X       F       X       -ENODEV
F       F       T       F       -ENODEV
F       F       T       T       -ENODEV *
F       T       T       F       -ENODEV
F       T       T       T       -ENODEV *
T       F       F       X       -ENODEV *
T       F       T       X       -EBUSY
T       T       F       X       -ENODEV
T       T       T       F       neither
T       T       T       T       -EBUSY

The asterisks mark the changed rows.

I don't know whether the changes in v3 are desirable or not, I was just 
pointing out that the commit log ("valid qpair but the firmware has not 
yet started return EBUSY") now seems to disagree with the code.