Re: [REGRESSION] qla2xxx: tape drive not removed after unplug FC cable

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

Hi!

On 28.05.22 02:27, Arun Easi wrote:
> Hi Tony,
> 
> Thanks for reporting the issue. We are trying to recreate this issue in 
> house. I will reach out to you for logs, if we cannot repro. Typically, we 
> get sufficient context to the issue when the problem is reproduced with 
> module parameter "ql2xextended_error_logging=1".
> 
> Anyway, I will let you know the status.

What's the status here? Tony, did you provide the info Arun asked for=
Or was some progress made somehow without it?

Ciao, Thorsten (wearing his 'the Linux kernel's regression tracker' hat)

P.S.: As the Linux kernel's regression tracker I deal with a lot of
reports and sometimes miss something important when writing mails like
this. If that's the case here, don't hesitate to tell me in a public
reply, it's in everyone's interest to set the public record straight.

> On Wed, 25 May 2022, 3:03pm, Tony Battersby wrote:
> 
>> #regzbot introduced: 44c57f205876
>>
>> I have several different QLogic FC HBAs (8, 16, 32 Gbps) and several
>> different FC LTO tape drives (IBM Ultrium 8 & 9).  When I plug in the FC
>> cable, the tape drive shows up as a SCSI device as expected.  With older
>> kernels, when I unplug the FC cable, the tape drive SCSI device would
>> disappear after about 30 seconds.  But with newer kernels (including
>> 5.18), when I unplug the FC cable, the tape drive SCSI device never
>> disappears.  I have bisected the change in behavior to the following
>> commit in kernel 5.15:
>>
>> 44c57f205876 ("scsi: qla2xxx: Changes to support FCP2 Target")
>>
>> This commit has been backported to various -stable kernels, so they are
>> also affected.
>>
>> When testing with two different tape drives:
>> 1) Plug FC cable into tape drive A.  Tape drive A shows up as a SCSI device.
>> 2) Unplug FC cable; wait 60 seconds.  Tape drive A does not disappear.
>> 3) Plug FC cable into tape drive B.  Tape drive A disappears 30 seconds
>> later, but tape drive B does not show up.
>> 4) Unplug FC cable and plug it back into tape drive B.  Tape drive B
>> shows up as a SCSI device.
>>
>> So I can actually make a tape drive disappear by plugging the cable into
>> a different tape drive, but then I have to reseat the cable again to
>> make the new tape drive show up.
>>
>> lspci -n
>> 83:00.0 0c04: 1077:2031 (rev 02)
>> 83:00.1 0c04: 1077:2031 (rev 02)
>>
>> When plugging in cable:
>> qla2xxx [0000:83:00.1]-500a:7: LOOP UP detected (8 Gbps).
>>
>> When unplugging cable with old kernel:
>> qla2xxx [0000:83:00.1]-500b:7: LOOP DOWN detected (2 7 0 0).
>> rport-7:0-2: blocked FC remote port time out: removing target and saving binding
>>
>> When unplugging cable with new kernel:
>> qla2xxx [0000:83:00.1]-500b:7: LOOP DOWN detected (2 7 0 0).
>>
>> /sys/class/fc_remote_ports/rport-*/
>> dev_loss_tmo: 30
>> supported_classes: Class 3
>> port_state: Online
>> (port_state remains Online even when FC cable unplugged)
>>
>> /proc/scsi/scsi
>> Host: scsi7 Channel: 00 Id: 01 Lun: 00
>>   Vendor: IBM      Model: ULTRIUM-HH8      Rev: K4K1
>>   Type:   Sequential-Access                ANSI  SCSI revision: 06
>>
>> Tony Battersby
>> Cybernetics
>>