scsi: document scsi_try_to_abort_cmd
authorHannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Fri, 24 Oct 2014 12:27:04 +0000 (14:27 +0200)
committerChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Wed, 12 Nov 2014 10:16:07 +0000 (11:16 +0100)
scsi_try_to_abort_cmd() should only return SUCCESS, FAILED, or
FAST_IO_FAIL. So document that in the function description and simplify
the logging message.

Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Robert Elliott <elliott@hp.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c

index 44e2576..95c9abb 100644 (file)
@@ -157,8 +157,9 @@ scmd_eh_abort_handler(struct work_struct *work)
                } else {
                        SCSI_LOG_ERROR_RECOVERY(3,
                                scmd_printk(KERN_INFO, scmd,
-                                           "scmd %p abort failed, rtn %d\n",
-                                           scmd, rtn));
+                                           "scmd %p abort %s\n", scmd,
+                                           (rtn == FAST_IO_FAIL) ?
+                                           "not send" : "failed"));
                }
        }
 
@@ -869,7 +870,24 @@ static int scsi_try_bus_device_reset(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
        return rtn;
 }
 
-static int scsi_try_to_abort_cmd(struct scsi_host_template *hostt, struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
+/**
+ * scsi_try_to_abort_cmd - Ask host to abort a SCSI command
+ * @scmd:      SCSI cmd used to send a target reset
+ *
+ * Return value:
+ *     SUCCESS, FAILED, or FAST_IO_FAIL
+ *
+ * Notes:
+ *    SUCCESS does not necessarily indicate that the command
+ *    has been aborted; it only indicates that the LLDDs
+ *    has cleared all references to that command.
+ *    LLDDs should return FAILED only if an abort was required
+ *    but could not be executed. LLDDs should return FAST_IO_FAIL
+ *    if the device is temporarily unavailable (eg due to a
+ *    link down on FibreChannel)
+ */
+static int scsi_try_to_abort_cmd(struct scsi_host_template *hostt,
+                                struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
 {
        if (!hostt->eh_abort_handler)
                return FAILED;