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<entry>
<title>scsi: sd: Only print updates to permanent stream count</title>
<updated>2024-04-25T01:03:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>John Garry</name>
<email>john.g.garry@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-12T09:44:07+00:00</published>
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Just rescanning a partition causes a print similar to the following to
appear:

[    1.484964] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] permanent stream count = 5

This is bothersome, so only print this message for an update.

Fixes: 4f53138fffc2 ("scsi: sd: Translate data lifetime information")
Signed-off-by: John Garry &lt;john.g.garry@oracle.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240412094407.496251-1-john.g.garry@oracle.com
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche &lt;bvanassche@acm.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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Just rescanning a partition causes a print similar to the following to
appear:

[    1.484964] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] permanent stream count = 5

This is bothersome, so only print this message for an update.

Fixes: 4f53138fffc2 ("scsi: sd: Translate data lifetime information")
Signed-off-by: John Garry &lt;john.g.garry@oracle.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240412094407.496251-1-john.g.garry@oracle.com
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche &lt;bvanassche@acm.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>scsi: sd: Unregister device if device_add_disk() failed in sd_probe()</title>
<updated>2024-04-02T01:26:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Li Nan</name>
<email>linan122@huawei.com</email>
</author>
<published>2023-12-08T08:23:35+00:00</published>
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<content type='text'>
"if device_add() succeeds, you should call device_del() when you want to
get rid of it."

In sd_probe(), device_add_disk() fails when device_add() has already
succeeded, so change put_device() to device_unregister() to ensure device
resources are released.

Fixes: 2a7a891f4c40 ("scsi: sd: Add error handling support for add_disk()")
Signed-off-by: Li Nan &lt;linan122@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231208082335.1754205-1-linan666@huaweicloud.com
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche &lt;bvanassche@acm.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Yu Kuai &lt;yukuai3@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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"if device_add() succeeds, you should call device_del() when you want to
get rid of it."

In sd_probe(), device_add_disk() fails when device_add() has already
succeeded, so change put_device() to device_unregister() to ensure device
resources are released.

Fixes: 2a7a891f4c40 ("scsi: sd: Add error handling support for add_disk()")
Signed-off-by: Li Nan &lt;linan122@huawei.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231208082335.1754205-1-linan666@huaweicloud.com
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche &lt;bvanassche@acm.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Yu Kuai &lt;yukuai3@huawei.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>scsi: sd: Fix TCG OPAL unlock on system resume</title>
<updated>2024-03-25T19:46:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Damien Le Moal</name>
<email>dlemoal@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-19T07:12:09+00:00</published>
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Commit 3cc2ffe5c16d ("scsi: sd: Differentiate system and runtime start/stop
management") introduced the manage_system_start_stop scsi_device flag to
allow libata to indicate to the SCSI disk driver that nothing should be
done when resuming a disk on system resume. This change turned the
execution of sd_resume() into a no-op for ATA devices on system
resume. While this solved deadlock issues during device resume, this change
also wrongly removed the execution of opal_unlock_from_suspend().  As a
result, devices with TCG OPAL locking enabled remain locked and
inaccessible after a system resume from sleep.

To fix this issue, introduce the SCSI driver resume method and implement it
with the sd_resume() function calling opal_unlock_from_suspend(). The
former sd_resume() function is renamed to sd_resume_common() and modified
to call the new sd_resume() function. For non-ATA devices, this result in
no functional changes.

In order for libata to explicitly execute sd_resume() when a device is
resumed during system restart, the function scsi_resume_device() is
introduced. libata calls this function from the revalidation work executed
on devie resume, a state that is indicated with the new device flag
ATA_DFLAG_RESUMING. Doing so, locked TCG OPAL enabled devices are unlocked
on resume, allowing normal operation.

Fixes: 3cc2ffe5c16d ("scsi: sd: Differentiate system and runtime start/stop management")
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218538
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240319071209.1179257-1-dlemoal@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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Commit 3cc2ffe5c16d ("scsi: sd: Differentiate system and runtime start/stop
management") introduced the manage_system_start_stop scsi_device flag to
allow libata to indicate to the SCSI disk driver that nothing should be
done when resuming a disk on system resume. This change turned the
execution of sd_resume() into a no-op for ATA devices on system
resume. While this solved deadlock issues during device resume, this change
also wrongly removed the execution of opal_unlock_from_suspend().  As a
result, devices with TCG OPAL locking enabled remain locked and
inaccessible after a system resume from sleep.

To fix this issue, introduce the SCSI driver resume method and implement it
with the sd_resume() function calling opal_unlock_from_suspend(). The
former sd_resume() function is renamed to sd_resume_common() and modified
to call the new sd_resume() function. For non-ATA devices, this result in
no functional changes.

In order for libata to explicitly execute sd_resume() when a device is
resumed during system restart, the function scsi_resume_device() is
introduced. libata calls this function from the revalidation work executed
on devie resume, a state that is indicated with the new device flag
ATA_DFLAG_RESUMING. Doing so, locked TCG OPAL enabled devices are unlocked
on resume, allowing normal operation.

Fixes: 3cc2ffe5c16d ("scsi: sd: Differentiate system and runtime start/stop management")
Link: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=218538
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240319071209.1179257-1-dlemoal@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
</pre>
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi</title>
<updated>2024-03-22T20:31:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-22T20:31:07+00:00</published>
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Pull more SCSI updates from James Bottomley:
 "The vfs has long had a write lifetime hint mechanism that gives the
  expected longevity on storage of the data being written. f2fs was the
  original consumer of this and used the hint for flash data placement
  (mostly to avoid write amplification by placing objects with similar
  lifetimes in the same erase block).

  More recently the SCSI based UFS (Universal Flash Storage) drivers
  have wanted to take advantage of this as well, for the same reasons as
  f2fs, necessitating plumbing the write hints through the block layer
  and then adding it to the SCSI core.

  The vfs write_hints already taken plumbs this as far as block and this
  completes the SCSI core enabling based on a recently agreed reuse of
  the old write command group number. The additions to the scsi_debug
  driver are for emulating this property so we can run tests on it in
  the absence of an actual UFS device"

* tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi:
  scsi: scsi_debug: Maintain write statistics per group number
  scsi: scsi_debug: Implement GET STREAM STATUS
  scsi: scsi_debug: Implement the IO Advice Hints Grouping mode page
  scsi: scsi_debug: Allocate the MODE SENSE response from the heap
  scsi: scsi_debug: Rework subpage code error handling
  scsi: scsi_debug: Rework page code error handling
  scsi: scsi_debug: Support the block limits extension VPD page
  scsi: scsi_debug: Reduce code duplication
  scsi: sd: Translate data lifetime information
  scsi: scsi_proto: Add structures and constants related to I/O groups and streams
  scsi: core: Query the Block Limits Extension VPD page
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Pull more SCSI updates from James Bottomley:
 "The vfs has long had a write lifetime hint mechanism that gives the
  expected longevity on storage of the data being written. f2fs was the
  original consumer of this and used the hint for flash data placement
  (mostly to avoid write amplification by placing objects with similar
  lifetimes in the same erase block).

  More recently the SCSI based UFS (Universal Flash Storage) drivers
  have wanted to take advantage of this as well, for the same reasons as
  f2fs, necessitating plumbing the write hints through the block layer
  and then adding it to the SCSI core.

  The vfs write_hints already taken plumbs this as far as block and this
  completes the SCSI core enabling based on a recently agreed reuse of
  the old write command group number. The additions to the scsi_debug
  driver are for emulating this property so we can run tests on it in
  the absence of an actual UFS device"

* tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi:
  scsi: scsi_debug: Maintain write statistics per group number
  scsi: scsi_debug: Implement GET STREAM STATUS
  scsi: scsi_debug: Implement the IO Advice Hints Grouping mode page
  scsi: scsi_debug: Allocate the MODE SENSE response from the heap
  scsi: scsi_debug: Rework subpage code error handling
  scsi: scsi_debug: Rework page code error handling
  scsi: scsi_debug: Support the block limits extension VPD page
  scsi: scsi_debug: Reduce code duplication
  scsi: sd: Translate data lifetime information
  scsi: scsi_proto: Add structures and constants related to I/O groups and streams
  scsi: core: Query the Block Limits Extension VPD page
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi</title>
<updated>2024-03-16T23:31:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-16T23:31:12+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=741e9d668aa50c91e4f681511ce0e408d55dd7ce'/>
<id>741e9d668aa50c91e4f681511ce0e408d55dd7ce</id>
<content type='text'>
Pull SCSI updates from James Bottomley:
 "Only a couple of driver updates this time (lpfc and mpt3sas) plus the
  usual assorted minor fixes and updates. The major core update is a set
  of patches moving retries out of the drivers and into the core"

* tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi: (84 commits)
  scsi: core: Constify the struct device_type usage
  scsi: libfc: replace deprecated strncpy() with memcpy()
  scsi: lpfc: Replace deprecated strncpy() with strscpy()
  scsi: bfa: Fix function pointer type mismatch for state machines
  scsi: bfa: Fix function pointer type mismatch for hcb_qe-&gt;cbfn
  scsi: bfa: Remove additional unnecessary struct declarations
  scsi: csiostor: Avoid function pointer casts
  scsi: qla1280: Remove redundant assignment to variable 'mr'
  scsi: core: Make scsi_bus_type const
  scsi: core: Really include kunit tests with SCSI_LIB_KUNIT_TEST
  scsi: target: tcm_loop: Make tcm_loop_lld_bus const
  scsi: scsi_debug: Make pseudo_lld_bus const
  scsi: iscsi: Make iscsi_flashnode_bus const
  scsi: fcoe: Make fcoe_bus_type const
  scsi: lpfc: Copyright updates for 14.4.0.0 patches
  scsi: lpfc: Update lpfc version to 14.4.0.0
  scsi: lpfc: Change lpfc_vport load_flag member into a bitmask
  scsi: lpfc: Change lpfc_vport fc_flag member into a bitmask
  scsi: lpfc: Protect vport fc_nodes list with an explicit spin lock
  scsi: lpfc: Change nlp state statistic counters into atomic_t
  ...
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Pull SCSI updates from James Bottomley:
 "Only a couple of driver updates this time (lpfc and mpt3sas) plus the
  usual assorted minor fixes and updates. The major core update is a set
  of patches moving retries out of the drivers and into the core"

* tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi: (84 commits)
  scsi: core: Constify the struct device_type usage
  scsi: libfc: replace deprecated strncpy() with memcpy()
  scsi: lpfc: Replace deprecated strncpy() with strscpy()
  scsi: bfa: Fix function pointer type mismatch for state machines
  scsi: bfa: Fix function pointer type mismatch for hcb_qe-&gt;cbfn
  scsi: bfa: Remove additional unnecessary struct declarations
  scsi: csiostor: Avoid function pointer casts
  scsi: qla1280: Remove redundant assignment to variable 'mr'
  scsi: core: Make scsi_bus_type const
  scsi: core: Really include kunit tests with SCSI_LIB_KUNIT_TEST
  scsi: target: tcm_loop: Make tcm_loop_lld_bus const
  scsi: scsi_debug: Make pseudo_lld_bus const
  scsi: iscsi: Make iscsi_flashnode_bus const
  scsi: fcoe: Make fcoe_bus_type const
  scsi: lpfc: Copyright updates for 14.4.0.0 patches
  scsi: lpfc: Update lpfc version to 14.4.0.0
  scsi: lpfc: Change lpfc_vport load_flag member into a bitmask
  scsi: lpfc: Change lpfc_vport fc_flag member into a bitmask
  scsi: lpfc: Protect vport fc_nodes list with an explicit spin lock
  scsi: lpfc: Change nlp state statistic counters into atomic_t
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>scsi: sd: Translate data lifetime information</title>
<updated>2024-02-27T02:37:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bart Van Assche</name>
<email>bvanassche@acm.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-01-30T21:48:37+00:00</published>
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Recently T10 standardized SBC constrained streams. This mechanism allows to
pass data lifetime information to SCSI devices in the group number field.
Add support for translating write hint information into a permanent stream
number in the sd driver. Use WRITE(10) instead of WRITE(6) if data lifetime
information is present because the WRITE(6) command does not have a GROUP
NUMBER field.

Cc: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Cc: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche &lt;bvanassche@acm.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240130214911.1863909-12-bvanassche@acm.org
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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Recently T10 standardized SBC constrained streams. This mechanism allows to
pass data lifetime information to SCSI devices in the group number field.
Add support for translating write hint information into a permanent stream
number in the sd driver. Use WRITE(10) instead of WRITE(6) if data lifetime
information is present because the WRITE(6) command does not have a GROUP
NUMBER field.

Cc: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Cc: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche &lt;bvanassche@acm.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240130214911.1863909-12-bvanassche@acm.org
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>scsi: core: Query the Block Limits Extension VPD page</title>
<updated>2024-02-27T02:37:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bart Van Assche</name>
<email>bvanassche@acm.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-01-30T21:48:35+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux.git/commit/?id=96b171d6dba6a66c63312f35e3ac6465b2c2ca94'/>
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Parse the Reduced Stream Control Supported (RSCS) bit from the block limits
extension VPD page. The RSCS bit is defined in SBC-5 r05
(https://www.t10.org/cgi-bin/ac.pl?t=f&amp;f=sbc5r05.pdf).

Reviewed-by: Avri Altman &lt;avri.altman@wdc.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Daejun Park &lt;daejun7.park@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche &lt;bvanassche@acm.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240130214911.1863909-10-bvanassche@acm.org
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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Parse the Reduced Stream Control Supported (RSCS) bit from the block limits
extension VPD page. The RSCS bit is defined in SBC-5 r05
(https://www.t10.org/cgi-bin/ac.pl?t=f&amp;f=sbc5r05.pdf).

Reviewed-by: Avri Altman &lt;avri.altman@wdc.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Daejun Park &lt;daejun7.park@samsung.com&gt;
Cc: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche &lt;bvanassche@acm.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240130214911.1863909-10-bvanassche@acm.org
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
</pre>
</div>
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>scsi: sd: usb_storage: uas: Access media prior to querying device properties</title>
<updated>2024-02-14T17:46:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Martin K. Petersen</name>
<email>martin.petersen@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-02-13T14:33:06+00:00</published>
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It has been observed that some USB/UAS devices return generic properties
hardcoded in firmware for mode pages for a period of time after a device
has been discovered. The reported properties are either garbage or they do
not accurately reflect the characteristics of the physical storage device
attached in the case of a bridge.

Prior to commit 1e029397d12f ("scsi: sd: Reorganize DIF/DIX code to
avoid calling revalidate twice") we would call revalidate several
times during device discovery. As a result, incorrect values would
eventually get replaced with ones accurately describing the attached
storage. When we did away with the redundant revalidate pass, several
cases were reported where devices reported nonsensical values or would
end up in write-protected state.

An initial attempt at addressing this issue involved introducing a
delayed second revalidate invocation. However, this approach still
left some devices reporting incorrect characteristics.

Tasos Sahanidis debugged the problem further and identified that
introducing a READ operation prior to MODE SENSE fixed the problem and that
it wasn't a timing issue. Issuing a READ appears to cause the devices to
update their state to reflect the actual properties of the storage
media. Device properties like vendor, model, and storage capacity appear to
be correctly reported from the get-go. It is unclear why these devices
defer populating the remaining characteristics.

Match the behavior of a well known commercial operating system and
trigger a READ operation prior to querying device characteristics to
force the device to populate the mode pages.

The additional READ is triggered by a flag set in the USB storage and
UAS drivers. We avoid issuing the READ for other transport classes
since some storage devices identify Linux through our particular
discovery command sequence.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240213143306.2194237-1-martin.petersen@oracle.com
Fixes: 1e029397d12f ("scsi: sd: Reorganize DIF/DIX code to avoid calling revalidate twice")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Tasos Sahanidis &lt;tasos@tasossah.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ewan D. Milne &lt;emilne@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche &lt;bvanassche@acm.org&gt;
Tested-by: Tasos Sahanidis &lt;tasos@tasossah.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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It has been observed that some USB/UAS devices return generic properties
hardcoded in firmware for mode pages for a period of time after a device
has been discovered. The reported properties are either garbage or they do
not accurately reflect the characteristics of the physical storage device
attached in the case of a bridge.

Prior to commit 1e029397d12f ("scsi: sd: Reorganize DIF/DIX code to
avoid calling revalidate twice") we would call revalidate several
times during device discovery. As a result, incorrect values would
eventually get replaced with ones accurately describing the attached
storage. When we did away with the redundant revalidate pass, several
cases were reported where devices reported nonsensical values or would
end up in write-protected state.

An initial attempt at addressing this issue involved introducing a
delayed second revalidate invocation. However, this approach still
left some devices reporting incorrect characteristics.

Tasos Sahanidis debugged the problem further and identified that
introducing a READ operation prior to MODE SENSE fixed the problem and that
it wasn't a timing issue. Issuing a READ appears to cause the devices to
update their state to reflect the actual properties of the storage
media. Device properties like vendor, model, and storage capacity appear to
be correctly reported from the get-go. It is unclear why these devices
defer populating the remaining characteristics.

Match the behavior of a well known commercial operating system and
trigger a READ operation prior to querying device characteristics to
force the device to populate the mode pages.

The additional READ is triggered by a flag set in the USB storage and
UAS drivers. We avoid issuing the READ for other transport classes
since some storage devices identify Linux through our particular
discovery command sequence.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240213143306.2194237-1-martin.petersen@oracle.com
Fixes: 1e029397d12f ("scsi: sd: Reorganize DIF/DIX code to avoid calling revalidate twice")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Tasos Sahanidis &lt;tasos@tasossah.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ewan D. Milne &lt;emilne@redhat.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche &lt;bvanassche@acm.org&gt;
Tested-by: Tasos Sahanidis &lt;tasos@tasossah.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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<title>Merge patch series "scsi: Allow scsi_execute users to request retries"</title>
<updated>2024-01-30T02:21:10+00:00</updated>
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<name>Martin K. Petersen</name>
<email>martin.petersen@oracle.com</email>
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<published>2024-01-30T02:21:10+00:00</published>
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Mike Christie &lt;michael.christie@oracle.com&gt; says:

The following patches were made over Linus's tree which contains a fix
for sd which was not in Martin's branches.

The patches allow scsi_execute_cmd users to have scsi-ml retry the cmd
for it instead of the caller having to parse the error and loop
itself.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240123002220.129141-1-michael.christie@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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Mike Christie &lt;michael.christie@oracle.com&gt; says:

The following patches were made over Linus's tree which contains a fix
for sd which was not in Martin's branches.

The patches allow scsi_execute_cmd users to have scsi-ml retry the cmd
for it instead of the caller having to parse the error and loop
itself.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240123002220.129141-1-michael.christie@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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<title>scsi: sd: Have midlayer retry read_capacity_10() errors</title>
<updated>2024-01-30T02:20:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mike Christie</name>
<email>michael.christie@oracle.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-01-23T00:22:16+00:00</published>
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This has read_capacity_10() have the SCSI midlayer retry errors instead of
driving them itself.

There are 2 behavior changes with this patch:

 1. There is one behavior change where we no longer retry when
    scsi_execute_cmd() returns &lt; 0, but we should be ok. We don't need to
    retry for failures like the queue being removed, and for the case where
    there are no tags/reqs since the block layer waits/retries for us. For
    possible memory allocation failures from blk_rq_map_kern() we use
    GFP_NOIO, so retrying will probably not help.

 2. For the specific UAs we checked for and retried, we would get
    READ_CAPACITY_RETRIES_ON_RESET retries plus whatever retries were left
    from the main loop's retries. Each UA now gets
    READ_CAPACITY_RETRIES_ON_RESET retries, and the other errors get up to
    3 retries. This is most likely ok, because
    READ_CAPACITY_RETRIES_ON_RESET is already 10 and is not based on
    anything specific like a spec or device, so the extra 3 we got from the
    main loop was probably just an accident and is not going to help.

Signed-off-by: Mike Christie &lt;michael.christie@oracle.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240123002220.129141-16-michael.christie@oracle.com
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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This has read_capacity_10() have the SCSI midlayer retry errors instead of
driving them itself.

There are 2 behavior changes with this patch:

 1. There is one behavior change where we no longer retry when
    scsi_execute_cmd() returns &lt; 0, but we should be ok. We don't need to
    retry for failures like the queue being removed, and for the case where
    there are no tags/reqs since the block layer waits/retries for us. For
    possible memory allocation failures from blk_rq_map_kern() we use
    GFP_NOIO, so retrying will probably not help.

 2. For the specific UAs we checked for and retried, we would get
    READ_CAPACITY_RETRIES_ON_RESET retries plus whatever retries were left
    from the main loop's retries. Each UA now gets
    READ_CAPACITY_RETRIES_ON_RESET retries, and the other errors get up to
    3 retries. This is most likely ok, because
    READ_CAPACITY_RETRIES_ON_RESET is already 10 and is not based on
    anything specific like a spec or device, so the extra 3 we got from the
    main loop was probably just an accident and is not going to help.

Signed-off-by: Mike Christie &lt;michael.christie@oracle.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240123002220.129141-16-michael.christie@oracle.com
Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen &lt;martin.petersen@oracle.com&gt;
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