--- James Bottomley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 12:24 -0800, Luben Tuikov wrote: > > NEEDS_RETRY _does_ terminate, after it exhausts the retries. But since > > by the ASC value we know that no amount of retries is going to work, > > this chunk of the patch resolves it quicker, i.e. eliminates the > > "NEEDS_RETRY" pointless retries (given the SK/ASC combination). > > I agree that it's useful behaviour. However, the change header should > be something like "scsi_error: don't retry for unrecoverable medium > errors" not "infinite retries .." > > > > > - if (scsi_end_request(cmd, 1, good_bytes, result == 0) == NULL) > > > > + if (good_bytes && > > > > + scsi_end_request(cmd, 1, good_bytes, result == 0) == NULL) > > > > return; > > > > > > What exactly is this supposed to be doing? its result is identical to > > > the code it's replacing (because of the way scsi_end_request() processes > > > its second argument), so it can't have any effect on the stated problem. > > > > I suppose this is true, but I'd rather it not even go in > > scsi_end_request as (cmd, uptodate=1, good_bytes=0, retry=0) and complete > > at the bottom as (cmd, uptodate=0, total_xfer, retry=0). > > But, logically, this isn't part of the change set ... the behaviour > you're altering is unrelated to the change set details, so this piece > shouldn't be in.
It is. If good_bytes=0 then nothing is up to date and uptodate should be set to 0. Look at my comment before the function call: /* A number of bytes were successfully read. ... I repeat again: it doesn't make sense to call scsi_end_request with uptodate=1 and good_bytes=0, since _no bytes are uptodate_. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
