@@ -2644,13 +2644,16 @@ static void sd_read_write_same(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, unsigned char *buffer)
}
if (scsi_report_opcode(sdev, buffer, SD_BUF_SIZE, INQUIRY) < 0) {
+ /* too large values might cause issues with arcmsr */
+ int vpd_buf_len = 64;
+
sdev->no_report_opcodes = 1;
/* Disable WRITE SAME if REPORT SUPPORTED OPERATION
* CODES is unsupported and the device has an ATA
* Information VPD page (SAT).
*/
- if (!scsi_get_vpd_page(sdev, 0x89, buffer, SD_BUF_SIZE))
+ if (!scsi_get_vpd_page(sdev, 0x89, buffer, vpd_buf_len))
sdev->no_write_same = 1;
}
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled [SCSI] sd: Reduce buffer size for vpd request to the linux-3.11.y-queue branch of the 3.11.y.z extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.11.y-queue If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.11.y.z tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Luis ------ From a8886b5eb971bcb456502a59a2785f5d889e7449 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@itwm.fraunhofer.de> Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 14:47:32 +0200 Subject: [SCSI] sd: Reduce buffer size for vpd request commit af73623f5f10eb3832c87a169b28f7df040a875b upstream. Somehow older areca firmware versions have issues with scsi_get_vpd_page() and a large buffer, the firmware seems to crash and the scsi error-handler will start endless recovery retries. Limiting the buf-size to 64-bytes fixes this issue with older firmware versions (<1.49 for my controller). Fixes a regression with areca controllers and older firmware versions introduced by commit: 66c28f97120e8a621afd5aa7a31c4b85c547d33d Reported-by: Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk> Tested-by: Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@itwm.fraunhofer.de> Acked-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@Parallels.com> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> --- drivers/scsi/sd.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) -- 1.8.3.2