Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 26 Jul 1999 12:14:04 -0700 (PDT) | From | Matthew Jacob <> | Subject | Re: linux SCSI midlayer silliness (2.2.9) |
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> > large multi-initiator environment.. > > > > Jul 25 15:15:14 chico kernel: scsi2, channel 0 : RESERVATION CONFLICT > > performing reset. > > If reservation is not persistant among resets, then retrying the operation > will work for sure. And since the operation will succeed, the caller will > never know of the reset (there is no asynchronous notification under > linux/scsi). > > You wanted recovery and you just got a nice one. :-)) > > To be serious, this strange code does exist in some part, stated as > obsolete, in linux/scsi, and you aren't the only person that have been > victimized by it, btw. I donnot know how the newer code will behave, > in the same situation. > > Probably, the only acceptable quick fix should be to just signal the error > to the caller in the situation of a RESERVATION CONFLICT.
Umm, yup. There's < 5 target drivers. Let *them* deal with policy.
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