Low-level device drivers have had the ability to limit the size of an
INQUIRY for many years. This made sense for a wide variety of legacy
devices. However, we are unnecessarily truncating the INQUIRY response
for many modern devices. This prevents us from consulting fields
beyond the first 36 bytes.
If a device reports that it supports a larger INQUIRY response, and
the device also reports that it implements SPC-4 or newer, allow the
larger INQUIRY to proceed.
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c | 12 +++++++++++-
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
index f4e6c68ac99e..95bf9a1f35ce 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
@@ -728,7 +728,17 @@ static int scsi_probe_lun(struct scsi_device *sdev, unsigned char *inq_result,
if (pass == 1) {
if (BLIST_INQUIRY_36 & *bflags)
next_inquiry_len = 36;
- else if (sdev->inquiry_len)
+ /*
+ * LLD specified a maximum sdev->inquiry_len
+ * but device claims it has more data. Capping
+ * the length only makes sense for legacy
+ * devices. If a device supports SPC-4 (2014)
+ * or newer, assume that it is safe to ask for
+ * as much as the device says it supports.
+ */
+ else if (sdev->inquiry_len &&
+ response_len > sdev->inquiry_len &&
+ (inq_result[2] & 0x7) < 6) /* SPC-4 */
next_inquiry_len = sdev->inquiry_len;
else
next_inquiry_len = response_len;
--
2.32.0
