On 07/06/2015 04:12 AM, Hannes Reinecke wrote:
During ALUA state transitions the device might return
a sense code 02/04/0a (Logical unit not accessible, asymmetric
access state transition). As this is a transient error
we should just retry the READ CAPACITY call after 1 second
until the state transition finishes and the correct
capacity can be returned.
At the same time we should break out of the loop after
2 minutes to avoid unbounded retries.

Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <[email protected]>
---
  drivers/scsi/sd.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 3b2fcb4..f45b8fe 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -1934,6 +1934,7 @@ static void read_capacity_error(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, 
struct scsi_device *sdp,
  #endif

  #define READ_CAPACITY_RETRIES_ON_RESET        10
+#define READ_CAPACITY_RETRIES_ON_TRANSITION 120

  static int read_capacity_16(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, struct scsi_device *sdp,
                                                unsigned char *buffer)
@@ -1943,6 +1944,7 @@ static int read_capacity_16(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, 
struct scsi_device *sdp,
        int sense_valid = 0;
        int the_result;
        int retries = 3, reset_retries = READ_CAPACITY_RETRIES_ON_RESET;
+       int transition_retries = READ_CAPACITY_RETRIES_ON_TRANSITION;
        unsigned int alignment;
        unsigned long long lba;
        unsigned sector_size;
@@ -1981,6 +1983,15 @@ static int read_capacity_16(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, 
struct scsi_device *sdp,
                                 * give it one more chance */
                                if (--reset_retries > 0)
                                        continue;
+                       if (sense_valid &&
+                           sshdr.sense_key == NOT_READY &&
+                           sshdr.asc == 0x04 && sshdr.ascq == 0x0A) {
+                               /* ALUA state transition; retry after delay */
+                               if (--transition_retries > 0) {
+                                       msleep(1000);
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+                       }
                }
                retries--;

@@ -2039,6 +2050,7 @@ static int read_capacity_10(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, 
struct scsi_device *sdp,
        int sense_valid = 0;
        int the_result;
        int retries = 3, reset_retries = READ_CAPACITY_RETRIES_ON_RESET;
+       int transition_retries = READ_CAPACITY_RETRIES_ON_TRANSITION;
        sector_t lba;
        unsigned sector_size;

@@ -2063,6 +2075,15 @@ static int read_capacity_10(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, 
struct scsi_device *sdp,
                                 * give it one more chance */
                                if (--reset_retries > 0)
                                        continue;
+                       if (sense_valid &&
+                           sshdr.sense_key == NOT_READY &&
+                           sshdr.asc == 0x04 && sshdr.ascq == 0x0A) {
+                               /* ALUA state transition; retry after delay */
+                               if (--transition_retries > 0) {
+                                       msleep(1000);
+                                       continue;
+                               }
+                       }
                }
                retries--;

Hello Hannes,

Although I agree that multipathd should handle arrays correctly that fail READ CAPACITY commands while transitioning, seeing that a new hard-coded timeout is added in the SCSI initiator code does not make me enthusiast. The READ_CAPACITY_RETRIES_ON_TRANSITION timeout added through this patch is independent of the IMPLICIT TRANSITION TIME in the REPORT TARGET PORT GROUPS response. Has the following already been considered ? - If the capacity is not known, let the scsi_dh_alua handler submit a READ CAPACITY command asynchronously after certain target port group state transitions. Also let the scsi_dh_alua handler submit a notification to user space after the capacity changes from "unknown" to "known". - Let multipathd ignore paths for which READ CAPACITY failed until the capacity becomes known.

Thanks,

Bart.
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