[SCSI] Allow FC LLD to fast-fail scsi eh by introducing new eh return

If the scsi eh is running and then a FC LLD calls
fc_remote_port_delete, the SCSI commands sent from the eh will fail.
To prevent this, a FC LLD can call fc_block_scsi_eh from the eh
callback, blocking the eh thread until the dev_loss_tmo fires or the
remote port is available again.

If (e.g. for a multipathing setup) the dev_loss_tmo is set to a very
large value, thus preventing the scsi device removal , the scsi eh can
block for a long time. For multipathing, the fast_io_fail_tmo is then
set to a low value to detect path problems sooner.

This patch introduces a new return code FAST_IO_FAIL. The function
fc_block_scsi_eh now returns FAST_IO_FAIL when the fast_io_fail_tmo
fires. This indicates that the LLD terminated all pending I/O requests
and there are no more pending SCSI commands for the scsi eh to wait
for. This return code can be passed back to the scsi eh to stop the
escalation and finish the recovery process for this device.

Signed-off-by: Christof Schmitt <christof.schmitt@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@suse.de>

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi.h b/include/scsi/scsi.h
index 8b4deca996ad..832f41f37385 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi.h
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ static inline int scsi_is_wlun(unsigned int lun)
 #define ADD_TO_MLQUEUE  0x2006
 #define TIMEOUT_ERROR   0x2007
 #define SCSI_RETURN_NOT_HANDLED   0x2008
+#define FAST_IO_FAIL    0x2009
 
 /*
  * Midlevel queue return values.
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.h b/include/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.h
index 8e86a94faf06..87d81b3ce564 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.h
@@ -807,6 +807,6 @@ void fc_host_post_vendor_event(struct Scsi_Host *shost, u32 event_number,
 struct fc_vport *fc_vport_create(struct Scsi_Host *shost, int channel,
                 struct fc_vport_identifiers *);
 int fc_vport_terminate(struct fc_vport *vport);
-void fc_block_scsi_eh(struct scsi_cmnd *cmnd);
+int fc_block_scsi_eh(struct scsi_cmnd *cmnd);
 
 #endif /* SCSI_TRANSPORT_FC_H */