linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: blacklist: add VMware ESXi cdrom

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Date:   Tue, 17 Dec 2019 17:28:28 -0500
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@...e.de>
Cc:     linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: blacklist: add VMware ESXi cdrom - broken tray emulation


Michal,

> +	{"VMware", "VMware", NULL, BLIST_NO_MATCH_VENDOR | BLIST_NO_TRAY},

Please don't introduce a blist flag to work around deficiencies in the
matching interface. I suggest you tweak the matching functions so they
handle a NULL vendor string correctly.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering