[PATCH 1/3] s390/dasd: Fix path verification interrupted by concurrent dasd_sleep_on_immediatly

Stefan Haberland <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:28:38 +0200
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-block,org.kernel.vger.linux-s390
Message-ID <[email protected]>
When all channel paths to a DASD device are lost and subsequently
recovered, the path event handler starts one IO per path via
dasd_sleep_on_immediatly() to execute read configuration data (RCD) with
high priority.

dasd_sleep_on_immediatly() works by terminating the currently running
request before inserting the new request.
If a concurrent caller, such as the attention handler
dasd_eckd_check_attention_work() or the summary unit
check handler summary_unit_check_handling_work(), also calls
dasd_sleep_on_immediatly() while a path verification RCD is in progress,
the RCD gets terminated.

The problem is that a terminated request transitions from CLEARED to
TERMINATED without going through the normal retry path in
__dasd_device_process_ccw_queue.

The RCD therefore returns -EIO, and the affected paths remain
non-operational after recovery. RCD CQRs used for path verification
already carry the DASD_CQR_VERIFY_PATH flag.

Extend _dasd_term_running_cqr() to check this flag: instead of terminating
such a request, return -EAGAIN. In dasd_sleep_on_immediatly(), loop on
-EAGAIN with a short sleep, waiting for the path verification request to
complete before inserting the new request.

This is consistent with the already indefinite wait_event() that
dasd_sleep_on_immediatly() uses for its own request, and all other callers
(attention handler, summary unit check handler, reserve/release/steal-lock)
benefit automatically without requiring changes.

Reviewed-by: Jan Höppner <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Stefan Haberland <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/s390/block/dasd.c | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
index 3181c06d91ce..d8d912a3b3fe 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <linux/debugfs.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
 
 #include <asm/machine.h>
 #include <asm/ccwdev.h>
@@ -2511,6 +2512,13 @@ static inline int _dasd_term_running_cqr(struct dasd_device *device)
 	if (list_empty(&device->ccw_queue))
 		return 0;
 	cqr = list_entry(device->ccw_queue.next, struct dasd_ccw_req, devlist);
+	/*
+	 * Path verification requests must not be terminated. They are critical
+	 * for bringing paths back online. Terminating them would cause rc=-EIO
+	 * because CLEARED requests skip the retry path.
+	 */
+	if (test_bit(DASD_CQR_VERIFY_PATH, &cqr->flags))
+		return -EAGAIN;
 	rc = device->discipline->term_IO(cqr);
 	if (!rc)
 		/*
@@ -2535,7 +2543,11 @@ int dasd_sleep_on_immediatly(struct dasd_ccw_req *cqr)
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 	spin_lock_irq(get_ccwdev_lock(device->cdev));
-	rc = _dasd_term_running_cqr(device);
+	while ((rc = _dasd_term_running_cqr(device)) == -EAGAIN) {
+		spin_unlock_irq(get_ccwdev_lock(device->cdev));
+		msleep(1);
+		spin_lock_irq(get_ccwdev_lock(device->cdev));
+	}
 	if (rc) {
 		spin_unlock_irq(get_ccwdev_lock(device->cdev));
 		return rc;
-- 
2.53.0