From: Stefan Haberland Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:43:38 +0000 (+0100) Subject: s390/dasd: add safe offline interface X-Git-Tag: omap-for-v3.8/fixes-for-merge-window-v4-signed~29^2~20 X-Git-Url: http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d07dc5d8ab6f15353c866e2768c389abdc1faba6;p=pandora-kernel.git s390/dasd: add safe offline interface The regular behavior of the DASD device driver when setting a device offline is to return all outstanding I/O as failed. This behavior is different from that of other System z operating systems and may lead to unexpected data loss. Adding an explicit 'safe' offline function will allow customers to use DASDs in the way they expect them to work. Signed-off-by: Stefan Haberland Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky --- Reading git-diff-tree failed