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Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: sg: fix SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV transfers

From Chris Clayton <chris2553@googlemail.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: sg: fix SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV transfers
Date 2017-07-07 20:10 +0200
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On 07/07/17 09:56, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV transfers do not necessarily have a dxferp as we set
> it to NULL for the old sg_io read/write interface, but must have a length
> bigger than 0. This fixes a regression introduced by commit 28676d869bbb
> ("scsi: sg: check for valid direction before starting the request")
> 

I've tested this new patch and the Nero applications can still find the optical drives on my laptop.

Tested-by: Chris Clayton <chris2553@googlemail.com>

> Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
> Fixes: 28676d869bbb ("scsi: sg: check for valid direction before starting the request")
> Reported-by: Chris Clayton <chris2553@googlemail.com>
> Tested-by: Chris Clayton <chris2553@googlemail.com>
> Cc: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>
> Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>
> ---
> Changes to v1:
> * Fix breakage of the sg_io v3 interface, verified using sg_inq
> 
>  drivers/scsi/sg.c | 5 ++++-
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
> index 21225d62b0c1..1e82d4128a84 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
> @@ -758,8 +758,11 @@ static bool sg_is_valid_dxfer(sg_io_hdr_t *hp)
>  		if (hp->dxferp || hp->dxfer_len > 0)
>  			return false;
>  		return true;
> -	case SG_DXFER_TO_DEV:
>  	case SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV:
> +		if (hp->dxfer_len < 0)
> +			return false;
> +		return true;
> +	case SG_DXFER_TO_DEV:
>  	case SG_DXFER_TO_FROM_DEV:
>  		if (!hp->dxferp || hp->dxfer_len == 0)
>  			return false;
> 

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[PATCH v2] scsi: sg: fix SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV transfers Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de> - 2017-07-07 11:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: sg: fix SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV transfers Chris Clayton <chris2553@googlemail.com> - 2017-07-07 20:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: sg: fix SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV transfers Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> - 2017-07-11 21:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: sg: fix SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV transfers "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com> - 2017-07-12 23:20 +0200

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