Should generate one log message per kernel run when the write() system call is used with the sg interface version 3. Due to security concerns suggest that they use ioctl(SG_SUBMIT_v3) instead. Sg interface version 1 or 2 based code may also be calling write() in this context. There is no easy solution for them (short of upgrading their interface to version 3 or 4), so don't produce a warning suggesting the conversion will be simple. Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/sg.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c index da10e6d32f53..b95eb87a3c43 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c @@ -645,6 +645,9 @@ sg_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *p, size_t count, loff_t *ppos) __func__); return -EPERM; } + pr_warn_once("Please use %s instead of write(),\n%s\n", + "ioctl(SG_SUBMIT_V3)", + " See: http://sg.danny.cz/sg/sg_v40.html"); res = sg_v3_submit(filp, sfp, h3p, false, NULL); return res < 0 ? res : (int)count; } -- 2.25.1