linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 RESEND_2] scsi: report 'INQUIRY result too short' once per host

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Message-ID: <yq1wptenlww.fsf@sermon.lab.mkp.net>
Date:	Thu, 19 Nov 2015 08:44:47 -0500
From:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Cc:	"James E.J. Bottomley" <JBottomley@...n.com>,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>, Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>,
	Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 RESEND_2] scsi: report 'INQUIRY result too short' once per host

>>>>> "Vitaly" == Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com> writes:

Vitaly> Some host adapters (e.g. Hyper-V storvsc) are known for not
Vitaly> respecting the SPC-2/3/4 requirement for 'INQUIRY data (see
Vitaly> table ...) shall contain at least 36 bytes'. As a result we get
Vitaly> tons on 'scsi 0:7:1:1: scsi scan: INQUIRY result too short (5),
Vitaly> using 36' messages on console. This can be problematic for slow
Vitaly> consoles. Introduce short_inquiry flag in struct Scsi_Host to
Vitaly> print the message once per host.

Applied to the 4.4 queue.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering
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