From: Stephen M. Cameron Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:44:14 +0000 (-0500) Subject: [SCSI] hpsa: disable doorbell reset on reset_devices X-Git-Tag: firefly_0821_release~9833^2~531^2~11 X-Git-Url: http://demsky.eecs.uci.edu/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=36ed2176fedaa180b8ea3cdacf68c958e0090a3c;p=firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git [SCSI] hpsa: disable doorbell reset on reset_devices The doorbell reset initially appears to work correctly, the controller resets, comes up, some i/o can even be done, but on at least some Smart Arrays in some servers, it eventually causes a subsequent controller lockup due to some kind of PCIe error, and kdump can end up leaving the root filesystem in an unbootable state. For this reason, until the problem is fixed, or at least isolated to certain hardware enough to be avoided, the doorbell reset should not be used at all. Signed-off-by: Stephen M. Cameron Signed-off-by: James Bottomley --- diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c index 4f5551b5fe53..c5d0606ad097 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c @@ -3231,6 +3231,12 @@ static __devinit int hpsa_kdump_hard_reset_controller(struct pci_dev *pdev) misc_fw_support = readl(&cfgtable->misc_fw_support); use_doorbell = misc_fw_support & MISC_FW_DOORBELL_RESET; + /* The doorbell reset seems to cause lockups on some Smart + * Arrays (e.g. P410, P410i, maybe others). Until this is + * fixed or at least isolated, avoid the doorbell reset. + */ + use_doorbell = 0; + rc = hpsa_controller_hard_reset(pdev, vaddr, use_doorbell); if (rc) goto unmap_cfgtable;