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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c | 33 |
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c index 25a0f2f8b0b..02837d0ad94 100644 --- a/drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c +++ b/drivers/s390/block/dasd_ioctl.c @@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ static int dasd_format(struct dasd_block *block, struct format_data_t *fdata) { struct dasd_device *base; - int rc; + int enable_pav = 1; + int rc, retries; + int start, stop; base = block->base; if (base->discipline->format_device == NULL) @@ -231,11 +233,30 @@ dasd_format(struct dasd_block *block, struct format_data_t *fdata) bdput(bdev); } - rc = base->discipline->format_device(base, fdata); - if (rc) - return rc; - - return 0; + retries = 255; + /* backup start- and endtrack for retries */ + start = fdata->start_unit; + stop = fdata->stop_unit; + do { + rc = base->discipline->format_device(base, fdata, enable_pav); + if (rc) { + if (rc == -EAGAIN) { + retries--; + /* disable PAV in case of errors */ + enable_pav = 0; + fdata->start_unit = start; + fdata->stop_unit = stop; + } else + return rc; + } else + /* success */ + break; + } while (retries); + + if (!retries) + return -EIO; + else + return 0; } /* |