This patch provides a common decoder for block status path related errors that may be retried so various entities wishing to consult this do not have to duplicate this decision.
Acked-by: Mike Snitzer <snit...@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <h...@suse.com> Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <keith.bu...@intel.com> --- include/linux/blk_types.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h index a1e628e032da..2d973ac54b09 100644 --- a/include/linux/blk_types.h +++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h @@ -39,6 +39,34 @@ typedef u8 __bitwise blk_status_t; #define BLK_STS_AGAIN ((__force blk_status_t)12) +/** + * blk_path_error - returns true if error may be path related + * @error: status the request was completed with + * + * Description: + * This classifies block error status into non-retryable errors and ones + * that may be successful if retried on a failover path. + * + * Return: + * %false - retrying failover path will not help + * %true - may succeed if retried + */ +static inline bool blk_path_error(blk_status_t error) +{ + switch (error) { + case BLK_STS_NOTSUPP: + case BLK_STS_NOSPC: + case BLK_STS_TARGET: + case BLK_STS_NEXUS: + case BLK_STS_MEDIUM: + case BLK_STS_PROTECTION: + return false; + } + + /* Anything else could be a path failure, so should be retried */ + return true; +} + struct blk_issue_stat { u64 stat; }; -- 2.13.6