Non-disk devices might support ALUA, but the firmware
implementation is untested and frequently broken.
As we're don't actually need it disable ALUA support
for non-disk device for now.

Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <h...@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanass...@sandisk.com>
---
 drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c 
b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c
index cc2773b..7d01ef0 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c
@@ -320,6 +320,18 @@ static int alua_check_tpgs(struct scsi_device *sdev, 
struct alua_dh_data *h)
 {
        int err = SCSI_DH_OK;
 
+       /*
+        * ALUA support for non-disk devices is fraught with
+        * difficulties, so disable it for now.
+        */
+       if (sdev->type != TYPE_DISK) {
+               h->tpgs = TPGS_MODE_NONE;
+               sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev,
+                           "%s: disable for non-disk devices\n",
+                           ALUA_DH_NAME);
+               return SCSI_DH_DEV_UNSUPP;
+       }
+
        h->tpgs = scsi_device_tpgs(sdev);
        switch (h->tpgs) {
        case TPGS_MODE_EXPLICIT|TPGS_MODE_IMPLICIT:
-- 
1.8.5.6

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