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[PATCH 3.16.y-ckt 092/129] scsi_dh_rdac: always retry MODE SELECT on command lock violation

From: Luis Henriques <hidden>
Date: 2016-02-26 10:44:01
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Subsystem: scsi subsystem, the rest · Maintainers: "James E.J. Bottomley", "Martin K. Petersen", Linus Torvalds

3.16.7-ckt25 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>

commit d2d06d4fe0f2cc2df9b17fefec96e6e1a1271d91 upstream.

If MODE SELECT returns with sense '05/91/36' (command lock violation)
it should always be retried without counting the number of retries.
During an HBA upgrade or similar circumstances one might see a flood
of MODE SELECT command from various HBAs, which will easily trigger
the sense code and exceed the retry count.

Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <redacted>
---
 drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c
index 826069db9848..350c2623a50f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ static int mode_select_handle_sense(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 			/*
 			 * Command Lock contention
 			 */
-			err = SCSI_DH_RETRY;
+			err = SCSI_DH_IMM_RETRY;
 		break;
 	default:
 		break;
@@ -619,6 +619,8 @@ retry:
 		err = mode_select_handle_sense(sdev, h->sense);
 		if (err == SCSI_DH_RETRY && retry_cnt--)
 			goto retry;
+		if (err == SCSI_DH_IMM_RETRY)
+			goto retry;
 	}
 	if (err == SCSI_DH_OK) {
 		h->state = RDAC_STATE_ACTIVE;
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