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Incorrect smartctl exit status #57

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@fernandolcx

The problem is identical to official Go exporter reported here: prometheus-community/smartctl_exporter#265

I've Intentionally plugged some very bad SAS hard drives in a 24-bay enclosure.
Noticed some discrepancy regarding smartprom_smartctl_exit_status / smartprom_exit_code, which is an important indicator of drive failure:

# smartctl -a -T permissive /dev/sdc -d scsi; echo $?
4
smartctl -a -T permissive /dev/sdd -d scsi; echo $?
0
smartctl -a -T permissive /dev/sde -d scsi; echo $?
0
# smartctl -a -T permissive /dev/sdk -d scsi; echo $?
128
# smartctl -a -T permissive /dev/sdp -d scsi; echo $?
8
# smartctl -a -T permissive /dev/sdq -d scsi; echo $?
8

however:

smartprom_smartctl_exit_status{drive="/dev/sdc", ... } 0.0
smartprom_smartctl_exit_status{drive="/dev/sde", ... } 0.0
smartprom_smartctl_exit_status{drive="/dev/sdk", ... } 0.0
smartprom_smartctl_exit_status{drive="/dev/sdp", ... } 8.0
smartprom_smartctl_exit_status{drive="/dev/sdq", ... } 8.0

JSON data for/dev/sdc(drive defect: takes around 60s to respond)
{
  "json_format_version": [
    1,
    0
  ],
  "smartctl": {
    "version": [
      7,
      3
    ],
    "svn_revision": "5338",
    "platform_info": "x86_64-linux-6.8.12-4-pve",
    "build_info": "(local build)",
    "argv": [
      "smartctl",
      "-a",
      "-T",
      "permissive",
      "-d",
      "scsi",
      "/dev/sdc",
      "--json"
    ],
    "exit_status": 4
  },
  "local_time": {
    "time_t": 1737324399,
    "asctime": "Sun Jan 19 19:06:39 2025 -03"
  },
  "device": {
    "name": "/dev/sdc",
    "info_name": "/dev/sdc",
    "type": "scsi",
    "protocol": "SCSI"
  },
  "scsi_vendor": "SEAGATE",
  "scsi_product": "ST3600057SS",
  "scsi_model_name": "SEAGATE ST3600057SS",
  "scsi_revision": "EN03",
  "scsi_version": "SPC-3",
  "rotation_rate": 15000,
  "form_factor": {
    "scsi_value": 2,
    "name": "3.5 inches"
  },
  "logical_unit_id": "0x5000c50053c26987",
  "serial_number": "6SL458D5",
  "device_type": {
    "scsi_terminology": "Peripheral Device Type [PDT]",
    "scsi_value": 0,
    "name": "disk"
  },
  "scsi_transport_protocol": {
    "name": "SAS (SPL-4)",
    "value": 6
  },
  "smart_support": {
    "available": false
  },
  "temperature": {
    "current": 0
  },
  "scsi_temperature": {
    "drive_trip": 0
  }
}
JSON data for /dev/sdk (drive defect: several bad blocks, DST failing)
{
  "json_format_version": [
    1,
    0
  ],
  "smartctl": {
    "version": [
      7,
      3
    ],
    "svn_revision": "5338",
    "platform_info": "x86_64-linux-6.8.12-4-pve",
    "build_info": "(local build)",
    "argv": [
      "smartctl",
      "-a",
      "-T",
      "permissive",
      "-d",
      "scsi",
      "/dev/sdk",
      "--json"
    ],
    "exit_status": 128
  },
  "local_time": {
    "time_t": 1737324706,
    "asctime": "Sun Jan 19 19:11:46 2025 -03"
  },
  "device": {
    "name": "/dev/sdk",
    "info_name": "/dev/sdk",
    "type": "scsi",
    "protocol": "SCSI"
  },
  "scsi_vendor": "IBM-SSG",
  "scsi_product": "S7AQ3P0",
  "scsi_model_name": "IBM-SSG S7AQ3P0",
  "scsi_revision": "A058",
  "scsi_version": "SPC-4",
  "user_capacity": {
    "blocks": 5860533168,
    "bytes": 3000592982016
  },
  "logical_block_size": 512,
  "rotation_rate": 7200,
  "form_factor": {
    "scsi_value": 2,
    "name": "3.5 inches"
  },
  "logical_unit_id": "0x5000c500349f40f7",
  "serial_number": "Z290Q54400009145WCJ4",
  "device_type": {
    "scsi_terminology": "Peripheral Device Type [PDT]",
    "scsi_value": 0,
    "name": "disk"
  },
  "scsi_transport_protocol": {
    "name": "SAS (SPL-4)",
    "value": 6
  },
  "smart_support": {
    "available": true,
    "enabled": true
  },
  "temperature_warning": {
    "enabled": true
  },
  "smart_status": {
    "passed": true
  },
  "temperature": {
    "current": 39,
    "drive_trip": 65
  },
  "power_on_time": {
    "hours": 51871,
    "minutes": 57
  },
  "scsi_grown_defect_list": 1239,
  "scsi_error_counter_log": {
    "read": {
      "errors_corrected_by_eccfast": 2545895999,
      "errors_corrected_by_eccdelayed": 0,
      "errors_corrected_by_rereads_rewrites": 0,
      "total_errors_corrected": 2545895999,
      "correction_algorithm_invocations": 1,
      "gigabytes_processed": "529664.798",
      "total_uncorrected_errors": 1
    },
    "write": {
      "errors_corrected_by_eccfast": 0,
      "errors_corrected_by_eccdelayed": 0,
      "errors_corrected_by_rereads_rewrites": 0,
      "total_errors_corrected": 0,
      "correction_algorithm_invocations": 0,
      "gigabytes_processed": "104245.228",
      "total_uncorrected_errors": 0
    },
    "verify": {
      "errors_corrected_by_eccfast": 836386951,
      "errors_corrected_by_eccdelayed": 1,
      "errors_corrected_by_rereads_rewrites": 0,
      "total_errors_corrected": 836386952,
      "correction_algorithm_invocations": 1,
      "gigabytes_processed": "4497341.609",
      "total_uncorrected_errors": 0
    }
  },
  "scsi_self_test_0": {
    "code": {
      "value": 2,
      "string": "Background long"
    },
    "result": {
      "value": 7,
      "string": "Failed in segment"
    },
    "power_on_time": {
      "hours": 51543,
      "aka": "accumulated_power_on_hours"
    },
    "lba_first_failure": {
      "value": 5165202415,
      "aka": "address_of_first_failure"
    },
    "sense_key": {
      "value": 3,
      "string": "Medium Error"
    },
    "asc": 17,
    "ascq": 0,
    "vendor_specific": 129
  },
  "scsi_self_test_1": {
    "code": {
      "value": 2,
      "string": "Background long"
    },
    "result": {
      "value": 7,
      "string": "Failed in segment"
    },
    "power_on_time": {
      "hours": 51288,
      "aka": "accumulated_power_on_hours"
    },
    "lba_first_failure": {
      "value": 5165202415,
      "aka": "address_of_first_failure"
    },
    "sense_key": {
      "value": 3,
      "string": "Medium Error"
    },
    "asc": 17,
    "ascq": 0,
    "vendor_specific": 129
  },
  "scsi_self_test_2": {
    "code": {
      "value": 2,
      "string": "Background long"
    },
    "result": {
      "value": 2,
      "string": "Aborted (device reset ?)"
    },
    "power_on_time": {
      "hours": 50516,
      "aka": "accumulated_power_on_hours"
    }
  },
  "scsi_extended_self_test_seconds": 27600
}
JSON data for /dev/sdp (drive defect: I don't know, available spare sectors depletion maybe?)
{
  "json_format_version": [
    1,
    0
  ],
  "smartctl": {
    "version": [
      7,
      3
    ],
    "svn_revision": "5338",
    "platform_info": "x86_64-linux-6.8.12-4-pve",
    "build_info": "(local build)",
    "argv": [
      "smartctl",
      "-a",
      "-T",
      "permissive",
      "-d",
      "scsi",
      "/dev/sdp",
      "--json"
    ],
    "exit_status": 8
  },
  "local_time": {
    "time_t": 1737324877,
    "asctime": "Sun Jan 19 19:14:37 2025 -03"
  },
  "device": {
    "name": "/dev/sdp",
    "info_name": "/dev/sdp",
    "type": "scsi",
    "protocol": "SCSI"
  },
  "scsi_vendor": "IBM-SSG",
  "scsi_product": "H0YH600",
  "scsi_model_name": "IBM-SSG H0YH600",
  "scsi_revision": "CF08",
  "scsi_version": "SPC-4",
  "user_capacity": {
    "blocks": 1172123568,
    "bytes": 600127266816
  },
  "logical_block_size": 512,
  "scsi_lb_provisioning": {
    "name": "fully provisioned",
    "value": 0,
    "management_enabled": {
      "name": "LBPME",
      "value": 0
    },
    "read_zeros": {
      "name": "LBPRZ",
      "value": 0
    }
  },
  "rotation_rate": 10000,
  "form_factor": {
    "scsi_value": 3,
    "name": "2.5 inches"
  },
  "logical_unit_id": "0x5000cca07d4e1980",
  "serial_number": "0BHBYHXH",
  "device_type": {
    "scsi_terminology": "Peripheral Device Type [PDT]",
    "scsi_value": 0,
    "name": "disk"
  },
  "scsi_transport_protocol": {
    "name": "SAS (SPL-4)",
    "value": 6
  },
  "smart_support": {
    "available": true,
    "enabled": true
  },
  "temperature_warning": {
    "enabled": true
  },
  "smart_status": {
    "passed": false,
    "scsi": {
      "asc": 93,
      "ascq": 100,
      "ie_string": "FIRMWARE IMPENDING FAILURE TOO MANY BLOCK REASSIGNS"
    }
  },
  "temperature": {
    "current": 32,
    "drive_trip": 65
  },
  "power_on_time": {
    "hours": 21975,
    "minutes": 22
  },
  "scsi_start_stop_cycle_counter": {
    "year_of_manufacture": "2018",
    "week_of_manufacture": "09",
    "specified_cycle_count_over_device_lifetime": 50000,
    "accumulated_start_stop_cycles": 88,
    "specified_load_unload_count_over_device_lifetime": 600000,
    "accumulated_load_unload_cycles": 998
  },
  "scsi_grown_defect_list": 0,
  "scsi_error_counter_log": {
    "read": {
      "errors_corrected_by_eccfast": 0,
      "errors_corrected_by_eccdelayed": 221387,
      "errors_corrected_by_rereads_rewrites": 0,
      "total_errors_corrected": 221387,
      "correction_algorithm_invocations": 32499236,
      "gigabytes_processed": "5575.751",
      "total_uncorrected_errors": 40
    },
    "write": {
      "errors_corrected_by_eccfast": 0,
      "errors_corrected_by_eccdelayed": 0,
      "errors_corrected_by_rereads_rewrites": 0,
      "total_errors_corrected": 0,
      "correction_algorithm_invocations": 87410,
      "gigabytes_processed": "19893.007",
      "total_uncorrected_errors": 0
    },
    "verify": {
      "errors_corrected_by_eccfast": 0,
      "errors_corrected_by_eccdelayed": 3795,
      "errors_corrected_by_rereads_rewrites": 0,
      "total_errors_corrected": 3795,
      "correction_algorithm_invocations": 389822872,
      "gigabytes_processed": "115152.801",
      "total_uncorrected_errors": 0
    }
  }
}

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