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authorHolger Smolinski <Holger.Smolinski@de.ibm.com>2009-01-09 12:14:51 +0100
committerMartin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>2009-01-09 12:15:05 +0100
commit13de227bcd80fbdaeebe1f31154487dddb7d5b1e (patch)
tree3f37f92d9fd5dd3c155544afb06cfe8117ec708c /drivers
parent1301809bcee33c2153605b4387c57fab75f9800a (diff)
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[S390] dasd: add device attribute to disable blocking on lost paths
When the connection between host and storage server is lost, the dasd device driver usually blocks all I/O on affected devices and waits for them to reappear. In some setups however it would be better if the I/O is returned as error so that device can be recovered by some other means, eg. in a raid or multipath setup. Signed-off-by: Holger Smolinski <Holger.Smolinski@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Weinhuber <wein@de.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers')
-rw-r--r--drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c48
-rw-r--r--drivers/s390/block/dasd_diag.c3
-rw-r--r--drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c3
-rw-r--r--drivers/s390/block/dasd_fba.c3
4 files changed, 54 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c
index 2ef25731d19..300e28a531f 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ dasd_feature_list(char *str, char **endp)
features |= DASD_FEATURE_USEDIAG;
else if (len == 6 && !strncmp(str, "erplog", 6))
features |= DASD_FEATURE_ERPLOG;
+ else if (len == 8 && !strncmp(str, "failfast", 8))
+ features |= DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST;
else {
MESSAGE(KERN_WARNING,
"unsupported feature: %*s, "
@@ -667,6 +669,51 @@ dasd_device_from_cdev(struct ccw_device *cdev)
*/
/*
+ * failfast controls the behaviour, if no path is available
+ */
+static ssize_t dasd_ff_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ char *buf)
+{
+ struct dasd_devmap *devmap;
+ int ff_flag;
+
+ devmap = dasd_find_busid(dev->bus_id);
+ if (!IS_ERR(devmap))
+ ff_flag = (devmap->features & DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST) != 0;
+ else
+ ff_flag = (DASD_FEATURE_DEFAULT & DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST) != 0;
+ return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, ff_flag ? "1\n" : "0\n");
+}
+
+static ssize_t dasd_ff_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+ const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+ struct dasd_devmap *devmap;
+ int val;
+ char *endp;
+
+ devmap = dasd_devmap_from_cdev(to_ccwdev(dev));
+ if (IS_ERR(devmap))
+ return PTR_ERR(devmap);
+
+ val = simple_strtoul(buf, &endp, 0);
+ if (((endp + 1) < (buf + count)) || (val > 1))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ spin_lock(&dasd_devmap_lock);
+ if (val)
+ devmap->features |= DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST;
+ else
+ devmap->features &= ~DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST;
+ if (devmap->device)
+ devmap->device->features = devmap->features;
+ spin_unlock(&dasd_devmap_lock);
+ return count;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(failfast, 0644, dasd_ff_show, dasd_ff_store);
+
+/*
* readonly controls the readonly status of a dasd
*/
static ssize_t
@@ -1020,6 +1067,7 @@ static struct attribute * dasd_attrs[] = {
&dev_attr_use_diag.attr,
&dev_attr_eer_enabled.attr,
&dev_attr_erplog.attr,
+ &dev_attr_failfast.attr,
NULL,
};
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_diag.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_diag.c
index 7844461a995..ef2a5695205 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_diag.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_diag.c
@@ -544,7 +544,8 @@ static struct dasd_ccw_req *dasd_diag_build_cp(struct dasd_device *memdev,
}
cqr->retries = DIAG_MAX_RETRIES;
cqr->buildclk = get_clock();
- if (blk_noretry_request(req))
+ if (blk_noretry_request(req) ||
+ block->base->features & DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST)
set_bit(DASD_CQR_FLAGS_FAILFAST, &cqr->flags);
cqr->startdev = memdev;
cqr->memdev = memdev;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
index bd2c52e2076..bdb87998f36 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c
@@ -1700,7 +1700,8 @@ static struct dasd_ccw_req *dasd_eckd_build_cp(struct dasd_device *startdev,
recid++;
}
}
- if (blk_noretry_request(req))
+ if (blk_noretry_request(req) ||
+ block->base->features & DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST)
set_bit(DASD_CQR_FLAGS_FAILFAST, &cqr->flags);
cqr->startdev = startdev;
cqr->memdev = startdev;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_fba.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_fba.c
index 7d442aeff3d..f1d17602169 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_fba.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_fba.c
@@ -355,7 +355,8 @@ static struct dasd_ccw_req *dasd_fba_build_cp(struct dasd_device * memdev,
recid++;
}
}
- if (blk_noretry_request(req))
+ if (blk_noretry_request(req) ||
+ block->base->features & DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST)
set_bit(DASD_CQR_FLAGS_FAILFAST, &cqr->flags);
cqr->startdev = memdev;
cqr->memdev = memdev;