To: t10@t10.org
Subject: SSC-3: IBM LB comments clarified (IBM-L3)
From: Kevin D Butt <kdbutt@us.ibm.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:26:17 -0700
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As part  of my action item to review IBM LB comments to ensure there is 
enough information to determine to what text the comments apply, I am 
going through the commented pdf comment by comment.  I have turned on 
track changes in 08-095r4.xls and will upload it as a document when 
finished.
I found that the following comment was lost in the conversion to text. 
Please add this as IBM-L3
{Begin IBM-L3}
3.1.56 reservation loss:
An event caused by the release of a reserve/release method reservation 
(see SPC-2) or by the transition within the device server from the state 
where a persistent reservation holder exists to the state where a 
persistent reservation holder does not exist (see SPC-4).
Comment 1: add:
A preempt of a reservation is not considered a reservation loss if a new 
reservation is created as part of that preempt.  <<to distinguish between 
CORL and CORP
Comment 2: Shouldn't this state where one of the reservation participants 
no longer is a part of the reservation?  I am thinking of the case where a 
CORL is set and a single initiator from an RO type of persistent 
reservation is preempted.
There seems to be a hole in the clear on reservation loss vs. clear on 
reservation preempt.
{End IBM-L3}
Thanks,
Kevin D. Butt
SCSI & Fibre Channel Architect, Tape Firmware
MS 6TYA, 9000 S. Rita Rd., Tucson, AZ 85744
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