[3.13.y-ckt stable] Patch "scsi_dh_rdac: always retry MODE SELECT on command lock violation" has been added to the 3.13.y-ckt tree

[Kamal Mostafa]

This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled

    scsi_dh_rdac: always retry MODE SELECT on command lock violation

to the linux-3.13.y-queue branch of the 3.13.y-ckt extended stable tree 
which can be found at:

    http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git/ubuntu/linux.git/log/?h=linux-3.13.y-queue

This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.13.11-ckt36.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please 
reply to this email.

For more information about the 3.13.y-ckt tree, see
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable

Thanks.
-Kamal

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>From 862d1bc8d9960f542c33a34d33c92d98c4964a19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hannes Reinecke <hare at suse.de>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:42:41 +0100
Subject: scsi_dh_rdac: always retry MODE SELECT on command lock violation

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 at suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn at suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen at oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal at canonical.com>
---
 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 4b9cf93..d233170 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;
--
2.7.0