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Re: [PATCH v3 RESEND_2] scsi: report 'INQUIRY result too short' once per host

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On 11/19/2015 02:17 PM, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Some host adapters (e.g. Hyper-V storvsc) are known for not respecting the
> SPC-2/3/4 requirement for 'INQUIRY data (see table ...) shall contain at
> least 36 bytes'. As a result we get tons on 'scsi 0:7:1:1: scsi scan:
> INQUIRY result too short (5), using 36' messages on console. This can be
> problematic for slow consoles. Introduce short_inquiry flag in struct
> Scsi_Host to print the message once per host.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
> ---
> Changes since v3 RESEND:
> - No changes, this is just a RESEND.
> 
> Changes since v3:
> - No changes, this is just a RESEND.
> 
> Changes since v2:
> - This is a successor of previously sent (and still not merged) "scsi:
>   introduce short_inquiry flag for broken host adapters" patch. I'm not
>   particularly sure which solution is better but I'm leaning towards this
>   one as it doesn't require changes to adapter drivers.
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c | 9 ++++++---
>  include/scsi/scsi_host.h | 3 +++
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
> index 8324539..054923e 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
> @@ -701,9 +701,12 @@ static int scsi_probe_lun(struct scsi_device *sdev, unsigned char *inq_result,
>  	 * strings.
>  	 */
>  	if (sdev->inquiry_len < 36) {
> -		sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev,
> -			    "scsi scan: INQUIRY result too short (%d),"
> -			    " using 36\n", sdev->inquiry_len);
> +		if (!sdev->host->short_inquiry) {
> +			shost_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev->host,
> +				    "scsi scan: INQUIRY result too short (%d),"
> +				    " using 36\n", sdev->inquiry_len);
> +			sdev->host->short_inquiry = 1;
> +		}
>  		sdev->inquiry_len = 36;
>  	}
>  
> diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
> index ed52712..fcfa3d7 100644
> --- a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
> +++ b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
> @@ -668,6 +668,9 @@ struct Scsi_Host {
>  	unsigned use_blk_mq:1;
>  	unsigned use_cmd_list:1;
>  
> +	/* Host responded with short (<36 bytes) INQUIRY result */
> +	unsigned short_inquiry:1;
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Optional work queue to be utilized by the transport
>  	 */
> 
Ok, that's fine with me.

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>

Cheers,

Hannes
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[PATCH v3 RESEND_2] scsi: report 'INQUIRY result too short' once per host Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> - 2015-11-19 14:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v3 RESEND_2] scsi: report 'INQUIRY result too short' once  per host Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> - 2015-11-19 14:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v3 RESEND_2] scsi: report 'INQUIRY result too short' once per host "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com> - 2015-11-19 14:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v3 RESEND_2] scsi: report 'INQUIRY result too short' once  per host Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> - 2015-11-19 15:20 +0100

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