linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] block: Create scsi

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20180522183613.GA3784@infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 22 May 2018 11:36:13 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
        Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "Manoj N. Kumar" <manoj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Matthew R. Ochs" <mrochs@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Uma Krishnan <ukrishn@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] block: Create scsi_sense.h for SCSI and ATAPI

On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 11:15:09AM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> Both SCSI and ATAPI share the sense header. In preparation for using the
> struct scsi_sense_hdr more widely, move this into a separate header and
> move the helper function to scsi_ioctl.c which is linked with CONFIG_IDE
> by way of CONFIG_BLK_SCSI_REQUEST.

Please keep the code where it is and just depend on SCSI on the legacy
ide driver.  No need to do gymnastics just for a legacy case.