s390/zcrypt: introduce msg tracking in zcrypt functions
Introduce a new internal struct zcrypt_track with an retry counter field and a last return code field. Fill and update these fields at certain points during processing of an request/reply. This tracking info is then used to - avoid trying to resend the message forever. Now each message is tried to be send TRACK_AGAIN_MAX (currently 10) times and then the ioctl returns to userspace with errno EAGAIN. - avoid trying to resend the message on the very same card/domain. If possible (more than one APQN with same quality) don't use the very same qid as the previous attempt when again scheduling the request. This is done by adding penalty weight values when the dispatching takes place. There is a penalty TRACK_AGAIN_CARD_WEIGHT_PENALTY for using the same card as previously and another penalty define TRACK_AGAIN_QUEUE_WEIGHT_PENALTY to be considered when the same qid as the previous sent attempt is calculated. Both values make it harder to choose the very same card/domain but not impossible. For example when only one APQN is available a resend can only address the very same APQN. There are some more ideas for the future to extend the use of this tracking information. For example the last response code at NQAP and DQAP could be stored there, giving the possibility to extended tracing and debugging about requests failing to get processed properly. Signed-off-by: Harald Freudenberger <freude@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
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