Processing communication data in a ships passing condition

• US 9,483,433 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2015
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Casper, Daniel F., Flanagan, John R., Hathorn, Roger G., Huang, Catherine C., Kalos, Matthew J., Ricci, Louis W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsai, Henry
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hassan, Aurangzeb
• Application Number:
  US14/717,598
• Publication Number:
  US 20150254204A1
• Time in Patent Office: 531 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/28 using burst mode transfer, e.g. direct memory access DMA, cycle steal G06F13/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4027 using bus bridges G06F13/4022 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0607 by facilitating the process of upgrading existing storage systems, e.g. for improving compatibility between host and storage device
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0619 in relation to data integrity, e.g. data losses, bit errors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0659 Command handling arrangements, e.g. command buffers, queues, command scheduling
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0661 Format or protocol conversion arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0689 Disk arrays, e.g. RAID, JBOD

Abstract

Articles of manufacture, apparatuses, and methods for processing communication data in a ships passing condition are disclosed. Embodiments include a computer program product for performing a method including: obtaining a Transport Command Control Block (TCCB) from a location in memory specified by a Transport Command Control Block address of a Transport Control Word; opening a first exchange and sending, by a channel subsystem, the TCCB in the first exchange to a control unit; receiving, by the channel subsystem, an unsolicited first message in a second exchange from the control unit, the unsolicited first message opening the second exchange, the second exchange being a different exchange than the first exchange; and sending, by the channel subsystem, a second message to the control unit in a third exchange, the second message comprising a status of the first message, the second message configured to open and close the third exchange.

Claims

1. A computer program product for processing communication data in a ships passing condition, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising;

obtaining a Transport Command Control Block (TCCB) from a location in memory specified by a Transport Command Control Block address of a Transport Control Word;

opening a first exchange and sending, by a channel subsystem, the TCCB in the first exchange to a control unit, the TCCB comprising a first logical path value and a first device value;

receiving, by the channel subsystem, an unsolicited first message in a second exchange from the control unit, the unsolicited first message comprising a second logical path value and a second device value, the unsolicited first message opening the second exchange, the second exchange being a different exchange than the first exchange;

responsive to the receiving the unsolicited first message and the first exchange and second exchange being opened, determining that the first logical path value is equal to the second logical path value and the first device value is equal to the second device value;

based on the determination, sending, by the channel subsystem, a second message to the control unit in a third exchange, the second message comprising a status of the first message, the second message configured to open and close the third exchange; and

initiating, by the channel subsystem, a timer defining a time period for receiving a response to the second message from the control unit.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises initiating, by the channel subsystem, timer defining a time period for receiving a response to the TCCB from the control unit.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the second message is a stack status message indicating the unsolicited first message is not accepted.

4. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises receiving, by the channel subsystem, at least one of:

a response to the second message from the control unit on the second exchange, the response acknowledging receipt of the second message; and

a TCCB response message from the control unit on the first exchange in response to the TCCB, the TCCB response message including one of;

an indication that the control unit has executed one or more commands from the TCCB, and an indication that the control unit is terminating one or more commands from the TCCB.

5. The computer program product of claim 4, wherein receiving the TCCB response message includes, responsive to the control unit terminating the one or more commands, re-receiving the first message from the control unit in the first exchange.

6. The computer program product of claim 4, wherein the method further comprises, responsive to the TCCB response message requesting confirmation, sending a confirmation message to the control unit in the first exchange indicating that the channel subsystem has received the TCCB response message.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein, responsive to the control unit not receiving the confirmation message, the method further comprises re-receiving the first message from the control unit by the channel subsystem in a fourth exchange.

8. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises initiating, by the channel subsystem, a timer defining a time period for receiving a TCCB response message from the control unit on the first exchange in response to the TCCB;

and

responsive to the channel subsystem not receiving a TCCB response within the time period, opening a fourth exchange and sending a status message to the control unit on the fourth exchange, the status message configured to request a status of the control unit;

receiving a status response message from the control unit on the fourth exchange in response to the status message, the status response message indicating whether the control unit has received the TCCB on the first exchange; and

responsive to the response message indicating that the control unit has not received the TCCB, aborting the first exchange.

9. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises detecting that at least one of the first exchange and the second exchange have been aborted by the control unit in response to the control unit not receiving the second message within a time period set by the control unit.

10. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

responsive to not receiving the response to the second message within the time period, aborting the first exchange and the second exchange.

11. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the TCCB is configured to hold a plurality of commands and sending the TCCB includes sending one or more of the plurality of commands to the control unit via the TCCB.

12. An apparatus for processing communication data in a ships passing condition, the apparatus comprising:

a channel subsystem for communication with a control unit, the channel subsystem including one or more channels for directing information flow between memory and one or more I/O devices via the control unit, the channel subsystem configured to perform a method comprising;

obtaining a Transport Command Control Block (TCCB) from a location in memory specified by a Transport Command Control Block address of a Transport Control Word;

opening a first exchange and sending the TCCB in the first exchange to a control unit, the TCCB comprising a first logical path value and a first device value;

receiving an unsolicited first message in a second exchange from the control unit, the unsolicited first message comprising a second logical path value and a second device value, the unsolicited first message opening the second exchange, the second exchange being a different exchange than the first exchange;

responsive to the receiving the unsolicited first message and the first exchange and second exchange being opened, determining that the first logical path value is equal to the second logical path value and the first device value is equal to the second device value;

based on the determination, sending a second message to the control unit in a third exchange, the second message comprising a status of the first message, the second message configured to open and close the third exchange; and

initiating, by the channel subsystem, a timer defining a time period for receiving a response to the second message from the control unit.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises receiving, by the channel subsystem, at least one of:

a response to the second message from the control unit on the second exchange, the response acknowledging receipt of the second message; and

a TCCB response message from the control unit on the first exchange in response to the TCCB, the TCCB response message including one of;

an indication that the control unit has executed one or more commands from the TCCB, and an indication that the control unit is terminating one or more commands from the TCCB.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein receiving the TCCB response message includes, responsive to the control unit terminating the one or more commands, re-receiving the first message from the control unit in the first exchange.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises, responsive to the TCCB response message requesting confirmation, sending a confirmation message to the control unit in the first exchange indicating that the channel subsystem has received the TCCB response message.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises initiating, by the channel subsystem, a timer defining a time period for receiving a TCCB response message from the control unit on the first exchange in response to the TCCB;

and

responsive to the channel subsystem not receiving a TCCB response within the time period, opening a fourth exchange and sending a status message to the control unit on the fourth exchange, the status message configured to request a status of the control unit;

receiving a status response message from the control unit on the fourth exchange in response to the status message, the status response message indicating whether the control unit has received the TCCB on the first exchange; and

responsive to the response message indicating that the control unit has not received the TCCB, aborting the first exchange.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises detecting that at least one of the first exchange and the second exchange have been aborted by the control unit in response to the control unit not receiving the second message within a time period set by the control unit.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

responsive to not receiving the response to the second message within the time period, aborting the first exchange and the second exchange.

19. A method of processing communication data in a ships passing condition, the method comprising:

obtaining a Transport Command Control Block (TCCB) from a location in memory specified by a Transport Command Control Block address of a Transport Control Word;

opening a first exchange and sending, by a channel subsystem, the TCCB in the first exchange to a control unit, the TCCB comprising a first logical path value and a first device value;

receiving, by the channel subsystem, an unsolicited first message in a second exchange from the control unit, the unsolicited first message comprising a second logical path value and a second device value, the unsolicited first message opening the second exchange, the second exchange being a different exchange than the first exchange;

responsive to the receiving the unsolicited first message and the first exchange and second exchange being opened, determining that the first logical path value is equal to the second logical path value and the first device value is equal to the second device value;

based on the determination, sending, by the channel subsystem, a second message to the control unit in a third exchange, the second message comprising a status of the first message, the second message configured to open and close the third exchange; and

initiating, by the channel subsystem, a timer defining a time period for receiving a response to the second message from the control unit.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises receiving, by the channel subsystem, at least one of:

a response to the second message from the control unit on the second exchange, the response acknowledging receipt of the second message; and

a TCCB response message from the control unit on the first exchange in response to the TCCB, the TCCB response message including one of;

an indication that the control unit has executed one or more commands from the TCCB, and an indication that the control unit is terminating one or more commands from the TCCB.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein receiving the TCCB response message includes, responsive to the control unit terminating the one or more commands, re-receiving the first message from the control unit in the first exchange.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the method further comprises, responsive to the TCCB response message requesting confirmation, sending a confirmation message to the control unit in the first exchange indicating that the channel subsystem has received the TCCB response message.

23. The method of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises initiating, by the channel subsystem, a timer defining a time period for receiving a TCCB response message from the control unit on the first exchange in response to the TCCB;

and

responsive to the channel subsystem not receiving a TCCB response within the time period, opening a fourth exchange and sending a status message to the control unit on the fourth exchange, the status message configured to request a status of the control unit;

receiving a status response message from the control unit on the fourth exchange in response to the status message, the status response message indicating whether the control unit has received the TCCB on the first exchange; and

responsive to the response message indicating that the control unit has not received the TCCB, aborting the first exchange.

24. The method of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises detecting that at least one of the first exchange and the second exchange have been aborted by the control unit in response to the control unit not receiving the second message within a time period set by the control unit.

25. The method of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:

responsive to not receiving the response to the second message within the time period, aborting the first exchange and the second exchange.