Re: linux SCSI midlayer silliness (2.2.9)
Matthew Jacob (mjacob@feral.com)
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 12:14:04 -0700 (PDT)
> > large multi-initiator environment..
> >
> > Jul 25 15:15:14 chico kernel: scsi2, channel 0 : RESERVATION CONFLICT
> > performing reset.
>
> If reservation is not persistant among resets, then retrying the operation
> will work for sure. And since the operation will succeed, the caller will
> never know of the reset (there is no asynchronous notification under
> linux/scsi).
>
> You wanted recovery and you just got a nice one. :-))
>
> To be serious, this strange code does exist in some part, stated as
> obsolete, in linux/scsi, and you aren't the only person that have been
> victimized by it, btw. I donnot know how the newer code will behave,
> in the same situation.
>
> Probably, the only acceptable quick fix should be to just signal the error
> to the caller in the situation of a RESERVATION CONFLICT.
Umm, yup. There's < 5 target drivers. Let *them* deal with policy.
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