[S390] dasd: add device attribute to disable blocking on lost paths

When the connection between host and storage server is lost, the
dasd device driver usually blocks all I/O on affected devices and
waits for them to reappear. In some setups however it would be
better if the I/O is returned as error so that device can be
recovered by some other means, eg. in a raid or multipath setup.

Signed-off-by: Holger Smolinski <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Weinhuber <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <[email protected]>

arch/s390/include/asm/dasd.h

@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ typedef struct dasd_information2_t {
 #define DASD_FEATURE_USEDIAG	     0x02
 #define DASD_FEATURE_INITIAL_ONLINE  0x04
 #define DASD_FEATURE_ERPLOG	     0x08
+#define DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST	     0x10
 
 #define DASD_PARTN_BITS 2
 

drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c

@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ dasd_feature_list(char *str, char **endp)
 			features |= DASD_FEATURE_USEDIAG;
 		else if (len == 6 && !strncmp(str, "erplog", 6))
 			features |= DASD_FEATURE_ERPLOG;
+		else if (len == 8 && !strncmp(str, "failfast", 8))
+			features |= DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST;
 		else {
 			MESSAGE(KERN_WARNING,
 				"unsupported feature: %*s, "
@@ -666,6 +668,51 @@ dasd_device_from_cdev(struct ccw_device *cdev)
  * SECTION: files in sysfs
  */
 
+/*
+ * failfast controls the behaviour, if no path is available
+ */
+static ssize_t dasd_ff_show(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+			    char *buf)
+{
+	struct dasd_devmap *devmap;
+	int ff_flag;
+
+	devmap = dasd_find_busid(dev->bus_id);
+	if (!IS_ERR(devmap))
+		ff_flag = (devmap->features & DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST) != 0;
+	else
+		ff_flag = (DASD_FEATURE_DEFAULT & DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST) != 0;
+	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, ff_flag ? "1\n" : "0\n");
+}
+
+static ssize_t dasd_ff_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
+	      const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct dasd_devmap *devmap;
+	int val;
+	char *endp;
+
+	devmap = dasd_devmap_from_cdev(to_ccwdev(dev));
+	if (IS_ERR(devmap))
+		return PTR_ERR(devmap);
+
+	val = simple_strtoul(buf, &endp, 0);
+	if (((endp + 1) < (buf + count)) || (val > 1))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	spin_lock(&dasd_devmap_lock);
+	if (val)
+		devmap->features |= DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST;
+	else
+		devmap->features &= ~DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST;
+	if (devmap->device)
+		devmap->device->features = devmap->features;
+	spin_unlock(&dasd_devmap_lock);
+	return count;
+}
+
+static DEVICE_ATTR(failfast, 0644, dasd_ff_show, dasd_ff_store);
+
 /*
  * readonly controls the readonly status of a dasd
  */
@@ -1020,6 +1067,7 @@ static struct attribute * dasd_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_use_diag.attr,
 	&dev_attr_eer_enabled.attr,
 	&dev_attr_erplog.attr,
+	&dev_attr_failfast.attr,
 	NULL,
 };
 

drivers/s390/block/dasd_diag.c

@@ -544,7 +544,8 @@ static struct dasd_ccw_req *dasd_diag_build_cp(struct dasd_device *memdev,
 	}
 	cqr->retries = DIAG_MAX_RETRIES;
 	cqr->buildclk = get_clock();
-	if (blk_noretry_request(req))
+	if (blk_noretry_request(req) ||
+	    block->base->features & DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST)
 		set_bit(DASD_CQR_FLAGS_FAILFAST, &cqr->flags);
 	cqr->startdev = memdev;
 	cqr->memdev = memdev;

drivers/s390/block/dasd_eckd.c

@@ -1700,7 +1700,8 @@ static struct dasd_ccw_req *dasd_eckd_build_cp(struct dasd_device *startdev,
 			recid++;
 		}
 	}
-	if (blk_noretry_request(req))
+	if (blk_noretry_request(req) ||
+	    block->base->features & DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST)
 		set_bit(DASD_CQR_FLAGS_FAILFAST, &cqr->flags);
 	cqr->startdev = startdev;
 	cqr->memdev = startdev;

drivers/s390/block/dasd_fba.c

@@ -355,7 +355,8 @@ static struct dasd_ccw_req *dasd_fba_build_cp(struct dasd_device * memdev,
 			recid++;
 		}
 	}
-	if (blk_noretry_request(req))
+	if (blk_noretry_request(req) ||
+	    block->base->features & DASD_FEATURE_FAILFAST)
 		set_bit(DASD_CQR_FLAGS_FAILFAST, &cqr->flags);
 	cqr->startdev = memdev;
 	cqr->memdev = memdev;