linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/6] ide: fix ide_kill_rq() for special ide-{floppy,tape} driver requests

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Date:	Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:08:13 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <petkovbb@...glemail.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	bzolnier@...il.com, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, htejun@...il.com
Subject: Re: [patch 2/6] ide: fix ide_kill_rq() for special
	ide-{floppy,tape} driver requests

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 04:16:11PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:26:06 +0200
> 
> > From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
> > Subject: [PATCH] ide: fix ide_kill_rq() for special ide-{floppy,tape} driver requests
> > 
> > Such requests should be failed with -EIO (like all other requests
> > in this function) instead of being completed successfully.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
> > ---
> > Untested, you may try pinging Borislav and/or Tejun about possible
> > testing if you would like to verify the patch before applying.
> 
> This must be tested in some way.  I can see this potentially
> breaking something.
> 
> Especially this is true because ide_complete_rq() does it's
> "complete whole request right now" logic for error <= 0.
> 
> Borislov/Tejun, can either of you test this code path with this
> change applied?  I'd very much appreciate it.

Yep, I'll give the whole series a whirl in a while.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.
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