mpt2sas aborts ATA pass through security erase command

Hello,

I think I have encountered an issue in the mpt3sas Linux driver. I am using Lubuntu 16.04, kernel version 4.4. I have a SATA drive connected to a LSI 9211-8i controller, and I am trying to issue a security erase command to the drive using the hdparm utility v9.48 and it fails.
It seems that the driver thinks that the command got stuck and tries to abort it before it completes. The security erase ATA command needs a large timeout that can be as much as several hours.

Below is the trace from hdparm:

user@user-MS-7887:~$ sudo hdparm --security-set-pass xxx /dev/sdb
security_password: "xxx"

/dev/sdb:
 Issuing SECURITY_SET_PASS command, password="xxx", user=user, mode=high

user@user-MS-7887:~$ sudo hdparm --verbose --security-erase xxx /dev/sdb
security_password: "xxx"

/dev/sdb:
 Issuing SECURITY_ERASE command, password="xxx", user=user
outgoing cdb: 85 08 0e 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 ec 00
SG_IO: ATA_16 status=0x0, host_status=0x0, driver_status=0x0
SG_IO: sb[]: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
incoming_data: 7a 42 ff 3f 37 c8 10 00 00 00 00 00 3f 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 20 20 20 57 20 2d 44 43 57 33 43 33 46 54 4b 54 50 31 33 00 00 00 00 00 00 31 30 30 2e 41 31 31 30 44 57 20 43 44 57 30 31 5a 45 58 45 30 2d 42 30 35 4e 30 41 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 10 80 00 40 00 2f 01 40 00 00 00 00 07 00 ff 3f 10 00 3f 00 10 fc fb 00 00 01 ff ff ff 0f 00 00 07 00 03 00 78 00 78 00 78 00 78 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 1f 00 0e 97 06 00 44 00 44 00 fe 03 1f 00 6b 74 61 7d 23 41 6b 74 41 bc 23 41 7f 40 3f 00 3f 00 00 00 fe ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0 6d 70 74 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 60 00 00 01 50 e2 4e 7a b6 f8 7e 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 18 40 18 40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 23 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 35 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 1c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 7e 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 a5 ef
SG_IO: desc[]: 00 00
      ATA_16 stat=00 err=00 nsect=00 lbal=00 lbam=00 lbah=00 dev=00
outgoing cdb: 85 06 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 f3 00
SG_IO: ATA_16 status=0x2, host_status=0x0, driver_status=0x8
SG_IO: sb[]: 72 01 00 1d 00 00 00 0e 09 0c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
SG_IO: desc[]: 09 0c 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 50
      ATA_16 stat=50 err=00 nsect=00 lbal=00 lbam=00 lbah=00 dev=40
oflags.bits.lob_all=0x8a, flags={ feat nsect command }
oflags.bits.hob_all=0x00, flags={ }
outgoing cdb: 85 0a 06 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 40 f4 00
outgoing_data: 00 00 4d 43 49 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
SG_IO: ATA_16 status=0x0, host_status=0xb, driver_status=0x0
SG_IO: bad host status: 0xb
trying legacy HDIO_DRIVE_TASKFILE
rc=-1, errno=22, returned ATA registers:
The running kernel lacks CONFIG_IDE_TASK_IOCTL support for this device.
SECURITY_ERASE: Invalid argument

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dmesg shows the following:

[ 1229.996993] sd 2:0:0:0: attempting task abort! scmd(ffff880215289200)
[ 1229.997005] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#1 CDB: ATA command pass through(16) 85 06 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e5 00
[ 1229.997011] scsi target2:0:0: handle(0x0009), sas_address(0x4433221101000000), phy(1)
[ 1229.997015] scsi target2:0:0: enclosure_logical_id(0x500605b0080c87d0), slot(2)
[ 1230.036462] sd 2:0:0:0: task abort: SUCCESS scmd(ffff880215289200)
[ 1230.196445] sd 2:0:0:0: tag#0 CDB: Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1230.196447] mpt2sas_cm0: sas_address(0x4433221101000000), phy(1)
[ 1230.196448] mpt2sas_cm0: enclosure_logical_id(0x500605b0080c87d0),slot(2)
[ 1230.196449] mpt2sas_cm0: handle(0x0009), ioc_status(success)(0x0000), smid(1)
[ 1230.196449] mpt2sas_cm0: request_len(0), underflow(0), resid(0)
[ 1230.196450] mpt2sas_cm0: tag(65535), transfer_count(0), sc->result(0x00000000)
[ 1230.196451] mpt2sas_cm0: scsi_status(check condition)(0x02), scsi_state(autosense valid)(0x01)
[ 1230.196452] mpt2sas_cm0: [sense_key,asc,ascq]: [0x06,0x29,0x00], count(18)
[ 1823.036119] sd 2:0:0:0: tag#0 CDB: Test Unit Ready 00 00 00 00 00 00
[ 1823.036121] mpt2sas_cm0: sas_address(0x4433221101000000), phy(1)
[ 1823.036122] mpt2sas_cm0: enclosure_logical_id(0x500605b0080c87d0),slot(2)
[ 1823.036123] mpt2sas_cm0: handle(0x0009), ioc_status(success)(0x0000), smid(1)
[ 1823.036123] mpt2sas_cm0: request_len(0), underflow(0), resid(0)
[ 1823.036124] mpt2sas_cm0: tag(65535), transfer_count(0), sc->result(0x00000000)
[ 1823.036125] mpt2sas_cm0: scsi_status(check condition)(0x02), scsi_state(autosense valid)(0x01)
[ 1823.036126] mpt2sas_cm0: [sense_key,asc,ascq]: [0x06,0x29,0x00], count(18)