From: Jesse Larrew <jlarrew@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 00:59:45 -0400 Subject: [scsi] make the path state active by default Message-id: 20090514045654.10947.89997.sendpatchset@squad5-lp1.lab.bos.redhat.com O-Subject: [PATCH RHEL5.4 2/10 BZ489582/BZ471426] Make the path state active by default Bugzilla: 471426 RH-Acked-by: Mike Christie <mchristi@redhat.com> RHBZ#: ====== https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=489582 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=471426 Description: =========== This is a bug fix for all archs. When the controller ownership is changed (from passive to active), check_ownership() doesn't set the state of the device to ACTIVE. This patch makes sure that the state of a path is set properly when the controller is swapped from passive to active. RHEL Version Found: ================ RHEL 5.3 kABI Status: ============ No symbols were harmed. Brew: ===== Built on all platforms. http://brewweb.devel.redhat.com/brew/taskinfo?taskID=1794596 Upstream Status: ================ commit: 9eece961fc646e2652086dae42650d002e2d27e2 Test Status: ============ This has been tested by Chandra Seetharaman at IBM (sekharan@us.ibm.com). =============================================================== Jesse Larrew IBM Onsite Partner 978-392-3183 jlarrew@redhat.com Proposed Patch: =============== This patch is based on 2.6.18-136.el5. diff --git a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c index e33302e..89ac8b2 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_rdac.c @@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ static int check_ownership(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct rdac_dh_data *h) struct c9_inquiry *inqp; h->lun_state = RDAC_LUN_UNOWNED; + h->state = RDAC_STATE_ACTIVE; err = submit_inquiry(sdev, 0xC9, sizeof(struct c9_inquiry), h); if (err == SCSI_DH_OK) { inqp = &h->inq.c9;