linux-kernel - Re: Infinite retries reading the partition table

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Date:	Thu, 07 Dec 2006 15:15:03 -0600
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...elEye.com>
To:	ltuikov@...oo.com
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, mdr@....com,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Infinite retries reading the partition table

On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 11:14 -0800, Luben Tuikov wrote:
> It is.  If good_bytes=0 then nothing is up to date and uptodate should
> be set to 0.

That's not a correct assumption.  Zero transfer commands, like TEST UNIT
READY are perfectly happy to complete successfully with good_bytes == 0.

> Look at my comment before the function call:
>    /* A number of bytes were successfully read. ...
> 
> I repeat again: it doesn't make sense to call scsi_end_request
> with uptodate=1 and good_bytes=0, since _no bytes are uptodate_.

We can certainly debate that, but it's not appropriate to do it as part
of an unrelated patch.

James


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