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Re: 2 PATCHES: fix request_tranferlength: msg#00165

Subject: Re: 2 PATCHES: fix request_tranferlength
I haven't seen these patches integrated into a kernel yet... have I just
missed them, or is there some reason they have been rejected?

Matt

On Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 03:15:23PM -0700, Matthew Dharm wrote:
> These two BK patches fix two instances where a command is issued with an
> incorrect transfer length.  The first is in the probing code... the section
> where we make the second INQUIRY request for the full INQUIRY data.  The
> second is in sd.c where the MODE_SENSE request is issued.
> 
> Both of these patches are requred to allow usb-storage devices to work
> properly.  As a side-effect, this should reduce problems for all 'emulated
> scsi' systems (ide-scsi, sbp2, etc).
> 
> Is there someone in particular I should send them to?  In the USB world,
> all patches go to Greg K-H... what's the procedure here in SCSI land?
> 
> Matt
> 
> # This is a BitKeeper generated patch for the following project:
> # Project Name: greg k-h's linux 2.5 USB kernel tree
> # This patch format is intended for GNU patch command version 2.5 or higher.
> # This patch includes the following deltas:
> #                ChangeSet    1.594   -> 1.595  
> #     drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c        1.9     -> 1.10   
> #
> # The following is the BitKeeper ChangeSet Log
> # --------------------------------------------
> # 02/07/20    mdharm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx       1.595
> # Fixed one of the INQUIRY commands used for probing SCSI devices.  This
> # badly-formed command was trapped by the usb-storage driver BUG_ON() which
> # is designed to stop command with a badly formed transfer_length field.
> # --------------------------------------------
> #
> diff -Nru a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c        Sun Jul 21 00:55:37 2002
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c        Sun Jul 21 00:55:37 2002
> @@ -717,7 +717,7 @@
>  
>               scsi_wait_req (SRpnt, (void *) scsi_cmd,
>                         (void *) scsi_result,
> -                       256, SCSI_TIMEOUT+4*HZ, 3);
> +                       scsi_cmd[4], SCSI_TIMEOUT+4*HZ, 3);
>               /* assume successful */
>       }
>       SDpnt->inquiry_len = possible_inq_resp_len;
> 
> 
> # This is a BitKeeper generated patch for the following project:
> # Project Name: greg k-h's linux 2.5 USB kernel tree
> # This patch format is intended for GNU patch command version 2.5 or higher.
> # This patch includes the following deltas:
> #                ChangeSet    1.595   -> 1.596  
> #        drivers/scsi/sd.c    1.22    -> 1.23   
> #
> # The following is the BitKeeper ChangeSet Log
> # --------------------------------------------
> # 02/07/20    greg@xxxxxxxxx  1.7.2.39
> # patch-2.5.27
> # --------------------------------------------
> # 02/07/20    greg@xxxxxxxxx  1.561.1.124
> # Merge kroah.com:/home/linux/linux/linux-2.5
> # into kroah.com:/home/linux/linux/tmp/linux-2.5
> # --------------------------------------------
> # 02/07/20    mdharm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx       1.596
> # Modified the MODE_SENSE write-protect test in sd.c to issue a SCSI request
> # with the request_bufflen the same size as the MODE_SENSE command being
> # issued requests.
> # --------------------------------------------
> #
> diff -Nru a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> --- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c       Sun Jul 21 00:55:44 2002
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c       Sun Jul 21 00:55:44 2002
> @@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@
>       SRpnt->sr_data_direction = SCSI_DATA_READ;
>  
>       scsi_wait_req(SRpnt, (void *) cmd, (void *) buffer,
> -                   512, SD_TIMEOUT, MAX_RETRIES);
> +                   255, SD_TIMEOUT, MAX_RETRIES);
>  
>       the_result = SRpnt->sr_result;
>  
> -- 
> Matthew Dharm                              Home: 
> mdharm-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver
> 
> C:  Like the Furby?
> DP: He gives me the creeps.  Think the SPCA will take him?
>                                       -- Cobb and Dust Puppy
> User Friendly, 1/2/1999



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Matthew Dharm                              Home: mdharm-usb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver

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