linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5.19 0784/1157] scsi: sd: Rework asynchronous resume support

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Date:   Wed, 17 Aug 2022 09:37:12 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>, Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
        John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>, ericspero@...oud.com,
        jason600.groome@...il.com,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5.19 0784/1157] scsi: sd: Rework asynchronous resume
 support

On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 11:05:27AM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> On 8/15/22 11:02, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > From: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
> > 
> > [ Upstream commit 88f1669019bd62b3009a3cebf772fbaaa21b9f38 ]
> > 
> > For some technologies, e.g. an ATA bus, resuming can take multiple
> > seconds. Waiting for resume to finish can cause a very noticeable delay.
> > Hence this commit that restores the behavior from before "scsi: core: pm:
> > Rely on the device driver core for async power management" for most SCSI
> > devices.
> > 
> > This commit introduces a behavior change: if the START command fails, do
> > not consider this as a SCSI disk resume failure.
> > 
> > Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215880
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220630195703.10155-3-bvanassche@acm.org
> > Fixes: a19a93e4c6a9 ("scsi: core: pm: Rely on the device driver core for async power management")
> 
> Hi Greg,
> 
> It has been reported that this patch causes a regression, namely disks not
> coming back after a resume. That issue is worse than the issue fixed by this
> patch - eliminating a delay. Please drop this patch from the stable tree.
> 
> A revert of this patch has been posted on the linux-scsi mailing list. See
> also https://lore.kernel.org/linux-scsi/8a83665a-1951-a326-f930-8fcbb0c4dd9a@huawei.com/.

Now dropped from the queue, thanks.

greg k-h