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[SCSI] Document enhanced error codes

Document the various error codes returned on I/O failure.

Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@Parallels.com>
Hannes Reinecke 12 years ago
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drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c

@@ -716,6 +716,18 @@ void scsi_release_buffers(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_release_buffers);
 
+/**
+ * __scsi_error_from_host_byte - translate SCSI error code into errno
+ * @cmd:	SCSI command (unused)
+ * @result:	scsi error code
+ *
+ * Translate SCSI error code into standard UNIX errno.
+ * Return values:
+ * -ENOLINK	temporary transport failure
+ * -EREMOTEIO	permanent target failure, do not retry
+ * -EBADE	permanent nexus failure, retry on other path
+ * -EIO		unspecified I/O error
+ */
 static int __scsi_error_from_host_byte(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, int result)
 {
 	int error = 0;