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Message-ID: <c1552d1f-e147-44d9-8cc6-5ab2110b4703@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 19:57:30 +0900
From: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@...nel.org>
To: Yihang Li <liyihang9@...wei.com>, James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com,
 martin.petersen@...cle.com
Cc: linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 bvanassche@....org, linuxarm@...wei.com, prime.zeng@...wei.com,
 stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] scsi: sd: Ignore command SYNC CACHE error if format in
 progress

On 8/19/24 18:09, Yihang Li wrote:
> If formatting a suspended disk (such as formatting with different DIF
> type), the disk will be resuming first, and then the format command will
> submit to the disk through SG_IO ioctl.
> 
> When the disk is processing the format command, the system does not submit
> other commands to the disk. Therefore, the system attempts to suspend the
> disk again and sends the SYNC CACHE command. However, the SYNC CACHE
> command will fail because the disk is in the formatting process, which
> will cause the runtime_status of the disk to error and it is difficult
> for user to recover it. Error info like:
> 
> [  669.925325] sd 6:0:6:0: [sdg] Synchronizing SCSI cache
> [  670.202371] sd 6:0:6:0: [sdg] Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=0x00 driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
> [  670.216300] sd 6:0:6:0: [sdg] Sense Key : 0x2 [current]
> [  670.221860] sd 6:0:6:0: [sdg] ASC=0x4 ASCQ=0x4
> 
> To solve the issue, ignore the error and return success/0 when formatting
> in progress.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Yihang Li <liyihang9@...wei.com>
> Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>

The patch changed significantly, so I do not think you can retain Bart's review
tag...

In any case, this looks OK to me, so:

Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@...nel.org>

> ---
> Changes since v4:
> - Rename the commit title.
> - Ignore the SYNC command error during formatting as suggested by Damien.
> 
> Changes since v3:
> - Add Cc tag for kernel stable.
> 
> Changes since v2:
> - Add Reviewed-by for Bart.
> 
> Changes since v1:
> - Updated and added error information to the patch description.
> 
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/sd.c | 12 +++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> index adeaa8ab9951..2d7240a24b52 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> @@ -1823,13 +1823,15 @@ static int sd_sync_cache(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
>  			    (sshdr.asc == 0x74 && sshdr.ascq == 0x71))	/* drive is password locked */
>  				/* this is no error here */
>  				return 0;
> +
>  			/*
> -			 * This drive doesn't support sync and there's not much
> -			 * we can do because this is called during shutdown
> -			 * or suspend so just return success so those operations
> -			 * can proceed.
> +			 * If a format is in progress or if the drive does not
> +			 * support sync, there is not much we can do because
> +			 * this is called during shutdown or suspend so just
> +			 * return success so those operations can proceed.
>  			 */
> -			if (sshdr.sense_key == ILLEGAL_REQUEST)
> +			if ((sshdr.asc == 0x04 && sshdr.ascq == 0x04) ||
> +			    sshdr.sense_key == ILLEGAL_REQUEST)
>  				return 0;
>  		}
>  

-- 
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research


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