linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] scsi: storvsc: Miscellaneous code cleanups

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Date:   Wed, 16 Jun 2021 16:06:37 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>
Cc:     "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Long Li <longli@...rosoft.com>,
        "wei.liu@...nel.org" <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        "jejb@...ux.ibm.com" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org" <linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] scsi: storvsc: Miscellaneous code cleanups


Hello Michael,

> Unfortunately, it's not quite right.  The line of code in question
> needs to be
>
> if ((vstor_packet->vm_srb.scsi_status & 0xFF) == SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION &&

> The status_byte() helper was doing the masking as well as the right
> shift, so the masking will need to be open coded.

CHECK_CONDITION is obsolete so no shifting is required for the SAM
status. And as far as I can tell vm_srb.scsi_status is a u8:

struct vmscsi_request {
        u16 length;
        u8 srb_status;
        u8 scsi_status;
[...]

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering