linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] cciss: fix handling of protocol error

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Message-ID: <5058457E.9010706@kernel.dk>
Date:	Tue, 18 Sep 2012 11:57:18 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:	"Stephen M. Cameron" <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
CC:	stephenmcameron@...il.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	mikem@...rdog.cce.hp.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	thenzl@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] cciss: fix handling of protocol error

On 09/14/2012 11:35 PM, Stephen M. Cameron wrote:
> From: Stephen M. Cameron <scameron@...rdog.cce.hp.com>
> 
> If a command completes with a status of CMD_PROTOCOL_ERR, this
> information should be conveyed to the SCSI mid layer, not dropped
> on the floor.  Unlike a similar bug in the hpsa driver, this bug
> only affects tape drives and CD and DVD ROM drives in the cciss
> driver, and to induce it, you have to disconnect (or damage) a
> cable, so it is not a very likely scenario (which would explain
> why the bug has gone undetected for the last 10 years.)

Thanks Stephen, applied.

-- 
Jens Axboe

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