On Wed, 27 Feb 2019 08:35:37 -0500
"Jason J. Herne" <jjhe...@linux.ibm.com> wrote:

> On 2/5/19 5:18 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote:

> > I think that the routine needs to be split:
> > - inner routine that does the ssch, retries if the subchannel is status
> >    pending, and waits for a final status (regardless whether it is a
> >    special condition or not)
> > - outer routine that does error handling, if needed (like retrying on
> >    IFCC, or doing a basic sense on unit check)
> > 
> > The inner routine will probably only be called by the outer routine
> > (and not directly by other code).
> > 
> > Does that make sense? It's hopefully enough; we really don't want to
> > transplant the whole Linux cio state machine into the bios...
> >   
> 
> I had a hard time following what you were suggesting here. Its most likely 
> me,not you :). 
> That said, I did redesign it to remove the potential infinite recursion. I'll 
> be posting 
> v3 soon, let me know what you think.

I might have been not clear enough; but looking forward to your v3 :)

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