ACK Signed-off-by: Mark Salyzyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mike Snitzer tested this also in conjunction with the aacraid driver and it resolved the error propagation problem he experienced with MD on a 2.6.22.16 kernel, recommend that this also be added to any stabilization for these other kernels. By his permission: Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sincerely -- Mark Salyzyn > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Battersby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:03 PM > To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org; James Bottomley > Cc: Luben Tuikov; Salyzyn, Mark > Subject: [PATCH] [SCSI] sd: make error handling more robust (v2) > > This patch fixes a problem with some out-of-spec SCSI disks > that report > hardware or medium errors incorrectly. Without the patch, the kernel > may silently ignore a failed write command or return > corrupted data on a > failed read command. > > Signed-off-by: Tony Battersby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- > > This is a simplified version of the original patch that fixes just the > problem at hand, without trying to handle other theoretical > out-of-spec > cases. > > Applies to kernels 2.6.18 - 2.6.24-git10+. > > --- linux-2.6.24-git10/drivers/scsi/sd.c.orig 2008-02-01 > 11:24:37.000000000 -0500 > +++ linux-2.6.24-git10/drivers/scsi/sd.c 2008-02-01 > 11:26:12.000000000 -0500 > @@ -990,6 +990,8 @@ static int sd_done(struct scsi_cmnd *SCp > /* This computation should always be done in terms of > * the resolution of the device's medium. > */ > + if (bad_lba < start_lba) > + goto out; > good_bytes = (bad_lba - > start_lba)*SCpnt->device->sector_size; > break; > case RECOVERED_ERROR: > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
