[dm-devel] [PATCH] dm mpath: delay retry activate_path on SCSI_DH_RETRY

Nikanth Karthikesan knikanth at suse.de
Tue Feb 17 13:47:37 UTC 2009


Delay retry to activate_path if it returns SCSI_DH_RETRY.

Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth at suse.de>

---

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
index 095f77b..af54632 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-mpath.c
@@ -65,12 +65,14 @@ struct multipath {
 	spinlock_t lock;
 
 	const char *hw_handler_name;
-	struct work_struct activate_path;
+	struct delayed_work activate_path;
 	struct pgpath *pgpath_to_activate;
 	unsigned nr_priority_groups;
 	struct list_head priority_groups;
 	unsigned pg_init_required;	/* pg_init needs calling? */
 	unsigned pg_init_in_progress;	/* Only one pg_init allowed at once */
+	unsigned long pg_init_jiffy;	/* To delay retry if SCSI_DH_RETRY */
+#define SCSI_DH_RETRY_DELAY ((HZ * 2))
 
 	unsigned nr_valid_paths;	/* Total number of usable paths */
 	struct pgpath *current_pgpath;
@@ -203,7 +205,7 @@ static struct multipath *alloc_multipath(struct dm_target *ti)
 		m->queue_io = 1;
 		INIT_WORK(&m->process_queued_ios, process_queued_ios);
 		INIT_WORK(&m->trigger_event, trigger_event);
-		INIT_WORK(&m->activate_path, activate_path);
+		INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&m->activate_path, activate_path);
 		m->mpio_pool = mempool_create_slab_pool(MIN_IOS, _mpio_cache);
 		if (!m->mpio_pool) {
 			kfree(m);
@@ -431,6 +433,8 @@ static void process_queued_ios(struct work_struct *work)
 	struct pgpath *pgpath = NULL;
 	unsigned init_required = 0, must_queue = 1;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	unsigned long delay = 0;
+	unsigned long now;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&m->lock, flags);
 
@@ -452,13 +456,20 @@ static void process_queued_ios(struct work_struct *work)
 		m->pg_init_required = 0;
 		m->pg_init_in_progress = 1;
 		init_required = 1;
+		/* Delay retry due to SCSI_DH_RETRY */
+		if (m->pg_init_jiffy) {
+			now = jiffies;
+			if (time_after(now, m->pg_init_jiffy))
+				delay = now - m->pg_init_jiffy;
+			m->pg_init_jiffy = 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 out:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m->lock, flags);
 
 	if (init_required)
-		queue_work(kmpath_handlerd, &m->activate_path);
+		queue_delayed_work(kmpath_handlerd, &m->activate_path, delay);
 
 	if (!must_queue)
 		dispatch_queued_ios(m);
@@ -1060,6 +1071,7 @@ static void pg_init_done(struct dm_path *path, int errors)
 	struct priority_group *pg = pgpath->pg;
 	struct multipath *m = pg->m;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	bool delay = false;
 
 	/* device or driver problems */
 	switch (errors) {
@@ -1084,8 +1096,11 @@ static void pg_init_done(struct dm_path *path, int errors)
 		 */
 		bypass_pg(m, pg, 1);
 		break;
-	/* TODO: For SCSI_DH_RETRY we should wait a couple seconds */
+	/*
+	 * For SCSI_DH_RETRY we wait for a couple seconds.
+	 */
 	case SCSI_DH_RETRY:
+		delay = true;
 	case SCSI_DH_IMM_RETRY:
 	case SCSI_DH_RES_TEMP_UNAVAIL:
 		if (pg_init_limit_reached(m, pgpath))
@@ -1112,6 +1127,10 @@ static void pg_init_done(struct dm_path *path, int errors)
 	}
 
 	m->pg_init_in_progress = 0;
+	if  (delay)
+		m->pg_init_jiffy = jiffies + SCSI_DH_RETRY_DELAY;
+	else
+		m->pg_init_jiffy = 0;
 	queue_work(kmultipathd, &m->process_queued_ios);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&m->lock, flags);
 }
@@ -1120,7 +1139,7 @@ static void activate_path(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct multipath *m =
-		container_of(work, struct multipath, activate_path);
+		container_of(work, struct multipath, activate_path.work);
 	struct dm_path *path;
 	unsigned long flags;
 




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