[SCSI] return success after retries in scsi_eh_tur

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The problem lies in the way the error handler uses TEST UNIT READY to
tell whether error recovery has succeeded.  The scsi_eh_tur function
gives up after one round of retrying; after that it decides that more
error recovery is needed.

However TUR is liable to report sense data indicating a retry is needed
when in fact error recovery has succeeded.  A typical example might be
SK=2, ASC=4, ASCQ=1 (Logical unit in process of becoming ready).  The mere
fact that we were able to get a sensible reply to the TUR should indicate
that the device is working well enough to stop error recovery.

I ran across a case back in January where this happened.  A CD-ROM drive
timed out the INQUIRY command, and a device reset fixed the blockage.
But then the drive kept responding with 2/4/1 -- because it was spinning
up I suppose -- until the error handler gave up and placed it offline.
If the initial INQUIRY had received the 2/4/1 instead, everything would
have worked okay.  It doesn't seem reasonable for things to fail just
because the error handler had started running.

Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>

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Alan Stern 2005-03-30 15:05:45 -05:00 • committed by James Bottomley

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