Alan Stern wrote:
> This patch (as857) modifies the SG_GET_RESERVED_SIZE and
> SG_SET_RESERVED_SIZE ioctls in the sg driver, capping the values at
> the device's request_queue's max_sectors value. This will permit
> cdrecord to obtain a legal value for the maximum transfer length,
> fixing Bugzilla #7026.
>
> The patch also caps the initial reserved_size value. There's no
> reason to have a reserved buffer larger than max_sectors, since it
> would be impossible to use the extra space.
>
> The corresponding ioctls in the block layer are modified similarly,
> and the initial value for the reserved_size is set as large as
> possible. This will effectively make it default to max_sectors.
> Note that the actual value is meaningless anyway, since block devices
> don't have a reserved buffer.
>
> Finally, the BLKSECTGET ioctl is added to sg, so that there will be a
> uniform way for users to determine the actual max_sectors value for
> any raw SCSI transport.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Stern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Alan,
I have voiced my concerns about this earlier but I will
now sign off to unblock the process (and deal with the
consequences to sg users, if any).
Signed-off-by: Douglas Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> ---
>
> Index: usb-2.6/drivers/scsi/sg.c
> ===================================================================
> --- usb-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/sg.c
> +++ usb-2.6/drivers/scsi/sg.c
> @@ -917,6 +917,8 @@ sg_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct fil
> return result;
> if (val < 0)
> return -EINVAL;
> + val = min_t(int, val,
> + sdp->device->request_queue->max_sectors * 512);
> if (val != sfp->reserve.bufflen) {
> if (sg_res_in_use(sfp) || sfp->mmap_called)
> return -EBUSY;
> @@ -925,7 +927,8 @@ sg_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct fil
> }
> return 0;
> case SG_GET_RESERVED_SIZE:
> - val = (int) sfp->reserve.bufflen;
> + val = min_t(int, sfp->reserve.bufflen,
> + sdp->device->request_queue->max_sectors * 512);
> return put_user(val, ip);
> case SG_SET_COMMAND_Q:
> result = get_user(val, ip);
> @@ -1061,6 +1064,9 @@ sg_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct fil
> if (sdp->detached)
> return -ENODEV;
> return scsi_ioctl(sdp->device, cmd_in, p);
> + case BLKSECTGET:
> + return put_user(sdp->device->request_queue->max_sectors * 512,
> + ip);
> default:
> if (read_only)
> return -EPERM; /* don't know so take safe approach */
> @@ -2339,6 +2345,7 @@ sg_add_sfp(Sg_device * sdp, int dev)
> {
> Sg_fd *sfp;
> unsigned long iflags;
> + int bufflen;
>
> sfp = kzalloc(sizeof(*sfp), GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);
> if (!sfp)
> @@ -2369,7 +2376,9 @@ sg_add_sfp(Sg_device * sdp, int dev)
> if (unlikely(sg_big_buff != def_reserved_size))
> sg_big_buff = def_reserved_size;
>
> - sg_build_reserve(sfp, sg_big_buff);
> + bufflen = min_t(int, sg_big_buff,
> + sdp->device->request_queue->max_sectors * 512);
> + sg_build_reserve(sfp, bufflen);
> SCSI_LOG_TIMEOUT(3, printk("sg_add_sfp: bufflen=%d, k_use_sg=%d\n",
> sfp->reserve.bufflen, sfp->reserve.k_use_sg));
> return sfp;
> Index: usb-2.6/block/ll_rw_blk.c
> ===================================================================
> --- usb-2.6.orig/block/ll_rw_blk.c
> +++ usb-2.6/block/ll_rw_blk.c
> @@ -1925,6 +1925,8 @@ blk_init_queue_node(request_fn_proc *rfn
> blk_queue_max_hw_segments(q, MAX_HW_SEGMENTS);
> blk_queue_max_phys_segments(q, MAX_PHYS_SEGMENTS);
>
> + q->sg_reserved_size = INT_MAX;
> +
> /*
> * all done
> */
> Index: usb-2.6/block/scsi_ioctl.c
> ===================================================================
> --- usb-2.6.orig/block/scsi_ioctl.c
> +++ usb-2.6/block/scsi_ioctl.c
> @@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ static int sg_set_timeout(request_queue_
>
> static int sg_get_reserved_size(request_queue_t *q, int __user *p)
> {
> - return put_user(q->sg_reserved_size, p);
> + unsigned val = min(q->sg_reserved_size, q->max_sectors << 9);
> +
> + return put_user(val, p);
> }
>
> static int sg_set_reserved_size(request_queue_t *q, int __user *p)
>
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