This patch allows SSU and Sync Cache commands to be sent to the controller instead of driver returning DID_NO_CONNECT during driver unload to flush any cached data from the drive. Signed-off-by: Kashyap Desai Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke Reviewed-by: Tomas Henzl Reviewed-by: Himanshu Madhani Cc: sathya.prakash@broadcom.com --- drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_os.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_os.c b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_os.c index 786128da1b54..992a0e4d37d1 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_os.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/mpi3mr/mpi3mr_os.c @@ -2776,6 +2776,26 @@ static int mpi3mr_target_alloc(struct scsi_target *starget) return retval; } +/** + * mpi3mr_allow_scmd_to_fw - Command is allowed during shutdown + * @scmd: SCSI Command reference + * + * Checks whether a cdb is allowed during shutdown or not. + * + * Return: TRUE for allowed commands, FALSE otherwise. + */ + +inline bool mpi3mr_allow_scmd_to_fw(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd) +{ + switch (scmd->cmnd[0]) { + case SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE: + case START_STOP: + return true; + default: + return false; + } +} + /** * mpi3mr_qcmd - I/O request despatcher * @shost: SCSI Host reference @@ -2811,7 +2831,8 @@ static int mpi3mr_qcmd(struct Scsi_Host *shost, goto out; } - if (mrioc->stop_drv_processing) { + if (mrioc->stop_drv_processing && + !(mpi3mr_allow_scmd_to_fw(scmd))) { scmd->result = DID_NO_CONNECT << 16; scmd->scsi_done(scmd); goto out; -- 2.18.1