[PATCH 08/24] scsi-multipath: clear path when decide is blocked

From: John Garry

Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 10:40:25 EST


Add scsi_mpath_dev_clear_path() to clear a device path when it becomes
blocked, and call from __scsi_internal_device_block_nowait().

Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c | 3 +++
drivers/scsi/scsi_multipath.c | 11 +++++++++++
include/scsi/scsi_multipath.h | 5 +++++
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 93031326ac3ee..ab224cd61f3ae 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
#include <scsi/scsi_eh.h>
#include <scsi/scsi_host.h>
#include <scsi/scsi_transport.h> /* scsi_init_limits() */
+#include <scsi/scsi_multipath.h>
#include <scsi/scsi_dh.h>

#include <trace/events/scsi.h>
@@ -2898,6 +2899,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_target_resume);

static int __scsi_internal_device_block_nowait(struct scsi_device *sdev)
{
+ if (sdev->scsi_mpath_dev)
+ scsi_mpath_dev_clear_path(sdev->scsi_mpath_dev);
if (scsi_device_set_state(sdev, SDEV_BLOCK))
return scsi_device_set_state(sdev, SDEV_CREATED_BLOCK);

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_multipath.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_multipath.c
index d79a92ec0cf6c..c3e0f792e921f 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_multipath.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_multipath.c
@@ -151,6 +151,17 @@ static void scsi_mpath_device_iopolicy_store_update(void *data)
kblockd_schedule_work(&mpath_head->requeue_work);
}

+void scsi_mpath_dev_clear_path(struct scsi_mpath_device *scsi_mpath_dev)
+{
+ struct mpath_device *mpath_device = &scsi_mpath_dev->mpath_device;
+ struct scsi_mpath_head *scsi_mpath_head = scsi_mpath_dev->scsi_mpath_head;
+ struct mpath_head *mpath_head = scsi_mpath_head->mpath_head;
+
+ if (mpath_clear_current_path(mpath_head, mpath_device))
+ mpath_synchronize(mpath_head);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(scsi_mpath_dev_clear_path);
+
static ssize_t scsi_mpath_device_iopolicy_store(struct device *dev,
struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
{
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_multipath.h b/include/scsi/scsi_multipath.h
index bd99ea017379d..79e6860243e74 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_multipath.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_multipath.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ int scsi_mpath_dev_alloc(struct scsi_device *sdev);
void scsi_mpath_dev_release(struct scsi_device *sdev);
int scsi_multipath_init(void);
void scsi_multipath_exit(void);
+void scsi_mpath_dev_clear_path(struct scsi_mpath_device *scsi_mpath_dev);
void scsi_mpath_remove_device(struct scsi_mpath_device *scsi_mpath_dev);
void scsi_mpath_add_sysfs_link(struct scsi_device *sdev);
void scsi_mpath_remove_sysfs_link(struct scsi_device *sdev);
@@ -73,6 +74,10 @@ static inline int scsi_multipath_init(void)
static inline void scsi_multipath_exit(void)
{
}
+static inline void scsi_mpath_dev_clear_path(
+ struct scsi_mpath_device *scsi_mpath_dev)
+{
+}
static inline void scsi_mpath_remove_device(struct scsi_mpath_device
*scsi_mpath_dev)
{
--
2.43.5