On Thu, Jan 04 2007, Douglas Gilbert wrote: > Jens Axboe wrote: > > Hi Doug, > > > > resp_inquiry() does a GFP_KERNEL memory allocation, but it's not allowed > > to from the queuecommand context. There's no good way to return this > > error, so I used DID_ERROR which is used from similar paths. That > > doesn't seem quite right though, it would be better to return an error > > indicating a later retry would be more appropriate. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c > > index 30ee3d7..0c80ed3 100644 > > --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c > > +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c > > @@ -954,7 +954,9 @@ static int resp_inquiry(struct scsi_cmnd * scp, int > > target, > > int alloc_len, n, ret; > > > > alloc_len = (cmd[3] << 8) + cmd[4]; > > - arr = kzalloc(SDEBUG_MAX_INQ_ARR_SZ, GFP_KERNEL); > > + arr = kzalloc(SDEBUG_MAX_INQ_ARR_SZ, GFP_ATOMIC); > > + if (!arr) > > + return DID_ERROR << 16; > > if (devip->wlun) > > pq_pdt = 0x1e; /* present, wlun */ > > else if (scsi_debug_no_lun_0 && (0 == devip->lun)) > > > > Jens, > I had to read that twice. I'm always happy to convert a > GFP_KERNEL to a GFP_ATOMIC (as I'm sure it started as a > GFP_ATOMIC). There are a couple more that may be in > queuecommand context. > > Taking up your point about retries and seeing that the > scsi_debug driver has a SAS flavour, I'm inclined towards > a "aborted command, initiator response timeout" [Bh,4Bh,6] > CHECK CONDITION. There is a group of transport injected > error messages in SAS (see sas2r07.pdf section 10.2.3) > that pop up from time to time. Due to conjestion in > connection-switched SAS expanders these error messages > should be interpreted as "try again" depending on the > topology. The patch below adds a "aborted_command" bit > in opts that will cause every nth command to be aborted > (with an ack/nak timeout). > > Note that SAS has an optional "transport layer retries" > state machine to lessen the incidence of "aborted commands". > Evidently SAS tape drives use the facility.
I guess it's fully up to you how you want to solve it. The scheme seems a little elaborate, but these error conditions are unlikely to ever been seen in the wild, so no objections from me. I'd suggest sending this in for 2.6.20. -- Jens Axboe - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
