From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1164241AbeCBCRd (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2018 21:17:33 -0500 Received: from userp2130.oracle.com ([156.151.31.86]:51580 "EHLO userp2130.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1163939AbeCBCRb (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Mar 2018 21:17:31 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] scsi: core: use blk_mq_requeue_request in __scsi_queue_insert To: "Martin K. Petersen" Cc: Bart Van Assche , "jejb@linux.vnet.ibm.com" , "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "hch@lst.de" References: <1519808113-2863-1-git-send-email-jianchao.w.wang@oracle.com> <1519840355.2777.8.camel@wdc.com> <624cedc6-9658-7b76-9c63-61c30fdfe6be@oracle.com> <1519926225.2675.6.camel@wdc.com> From: "jianchao.wang" Message-ID: <1bb1537c-3427-b56d-c296-aa9b101262e3@oracle.com> Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 10:17:24 +0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=5900 definitions=8819 signatures=668682 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1711220000 definitions=main-1803020021 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi martin Thanks for your kindly response. On 03/02/2018 09:43 AM, Martin K. Petersen wrote: > > Jianchao, > >> Yes, the block layer core guarantees that scsi_mq_get_budget() will be >> called before scsi_queue_rq(). I think the full picture is as follows: > >> * Before scsi_queue_rq() calls .queuecommand(), get_device() is called for the >> SCSI device and the device, target and host busy counters are incremented. >> * If the SCSI core decides to requeue a command, scsi_queue_insert() causes >> __scsi_queue_insert() to call scsi_device_unbusy(). That last function >> decreases the device, target and host busy counters but not put_device(sdev). >> Hence the need for a separate put_device() call after requeuing. >> >> It's unfortunate that the SCSI core became so asymmetric. Anyway, >> since I am now convinced that this patch is correct, feel free to add: > > Please add something akin to Bart's explanation as a comment and repost. yes, sure. Thanks Jianchao