[PATCH v2 0/4] scsi_dh_alua: fix stuck I/O after unavailable/standby states

[Mauricio Faria de Oliveira]

Currently, scsi_dh_alua fails I/O requests early on once ALUA state
unavailable/standby occur, which prevents path checkers to actually
check if I/O still fails or now works.

Then I/O requests are blocked indefinitely due to queue_if_no_path
but the underlying individual paths are fully operational, and can
be verified as such otherways (e.g., SG_IO).

This patchset addresses that problem, and adds a few improvements
to the logging of PG state changes.

Patch 1 fixes the problem.
Patch 2 makes sure that state changes for all PGs are logged.
Patch 3 makes sure that state no-changes for PGs in unavailable/standby
        are not logged - only changes are.
Patch 4 adds few sdev_dbg() calls to track the path to alua_rtpg_work()

Tested on v4.12+ (commit b4b8cbf679c4).

Mauricio Faria de Oliveira (4):
  scsi: scsi_dh_alua: allow I/O in target port unavailable and standby
    states
  scsi: scsi_dh_alua: print changes to RTPG state of all PGs
  scsi: scsi_dh_alua: do not print RTPG state if it remains
    unavailable/standby
  scsi: scsi_dh_alua: add sdev_dbg() to track alua_rtpg_work()

 drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c | 129 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 113 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

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