On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 09:44 -0700, Ju, Seokmann wrote:
> In the 2.6 (2.6.9 and scsi-misc in git) kernel, MODE_SENSE SCSI command
> packet (scsi_cmnd) carries following entries with unexpectedly small in
> size.
> - request_bufflen
> - bufflen
>
> Especially for MODE SENSE with page code 8 (caching page), driver has
> minumum 12 Bytes MODE_SENSE data to deliver besides 'mode parameter
> header' and 'block descriptors'.
> When I dump those entries, they both are 4 Bytes in size.
> To me, it seems like that SCSI mid layer allocated 512 Bytes for
> MODE_SENSE data buffer, but the buffer length passed down to LLD
> incorrectly.
I don't understand the question. Are you asking why
sd_read_write_protect_flag and sd_read_cache_type operate in the way
they do? i.e. header first then actual data.
James
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