scsi_dh_alua: Disable ALUA handling for non-disk devices

Non-disk devices might support ALUA, but the firmware
implementation is untested and frequently broken.
As we're don't actually need it disable ALUA support
for non-disk device for now.
Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@sandisk.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>

drivers/scsi/device_handler/scsi_dh_alua.c

@@ -320,6 +320,18 @@ static int alua_check_tpgs(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct alua_dh_data *h)
 {
 	int err = SCSI_DH_OK;
 
+	/*
+	 * ALUA support for non-disk devices is fraught with
+	 * difficulties, so disable it for now.
+	 */
+	if (sdev->type != TYPE_DISK) {
+		h->tpgs = TPGS_MODE_NONE;
+		sdev_printk(KERN_INFO, sdev,
+			    "%s: disable for non-disk devices\n",
+			    ALUA_DH_NAME);
+		return SCSI_DH_DEV_UNSUPP;
+	}
+
 	h->tpgs = scsi_device_tpgs(sdev);
 	switch (h->tpgs) {
 	case TPGS_MODE_EXPLICIT|TPGS_MODE_IMPLICIT: