FYI, Here's what I have for the SCSI change. I haven't updated drivers to care for the new return code though, help appreciated with that as I don't know much about these drivers. Index: linux-work/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c =================================================================== --- linux-work.orig/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c 2007-11-20 13:26:18.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-work/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c 2007-11-20 13:43:05.000000000 +1100 @@ -602,8 +602,9 @@ static void scsi_abort_eh_cmnd(struct sc * @cmnd is ignored and this functions sets up a REQUEST_SENSE command * and cmnd buffers to read @sense_bytes into @scmd->sense_buffer. **/ -void scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, struct scsi_eh_save *ses, - unsigned char *cmnd, int cmnd_size, unsigned sense_bytes) +int scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, struct scsi_eh_save *ses, + unsigned char *cmnd, int cmnd_size, unsigned sense_bytes, + gfp_t gfp_mask) { struct scsi_device *sdev = scmd->device; @@ -622,12 +623,20 @@ void scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd ses->use_sg = scmd->use_sg; ses->resid = scmd->resid; ses->result = scmd->result; + sg_init_table(&ses->sense_sgl, 1); if (sense_bytes) { + struct page *pg; + + if (sdev->host->hostt->unchecked_isa_dma) + gfp_mask |= __GFP_DMA; scmd->request_bufflen = min_t(unsigned, sizeof(scmd->sense_buffer), sense_bytes); - sg_init_one(&ses->sense_sgl, scmd->sense_buffer, - scmd->request_bufflen); + pg = alloc_page(gfp_mask); + if (!pg) + return FAILED; + memset(page_address(pg), 0, scmd->request_bufflen); + sg_set_page(&ses->sense_sgl, pg, scmd->request_bufflen, 0); scmd->request_buffer = &ses->sense_sgl; scmd->sc_data_direction = DMA_FROM_DEVICE; scmd->use_sg = 1; @@ -658,6 +667,8 @@ void scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd * untransferred sense data should be interpreted as being zero. */ memset(scmd->sense_buffer, 0, sizeof(scmd->sense_buffer)); + + return SUCCESS; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_eh_prep_cmnd); @@ -670,9 +681,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_eh_prep_cmnd); **/ void scsi_eh_restore_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd* scmd, struct scsi_eh_save *ses) { + struct page *pg; + /* * Restore original data */ + pg = sg_page(&ses->sense_sgl); + if (pg) { + memcpy(scmd->sense_buffer, page_address(pg), + scmd->request_bufflen); + __free_page(pg); + } scmd->cmd_len = ses->cmd_len; memcpy(scmd->cmnd, ses->cmnd, sizeof(scmd->cmnd)); scmd->sc_data_direction = ses->data_direction; @@ -709,7 +728,10 @@ static int scsi_send_eh_cmnd(struct scsi struct scsi_eh_save ses; int rtn; - scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(scmd, &ses, cmnd, cmnd_size, sense_bytes); + if (scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(scmd, &ses, cmnd, cmnd_size, sense_bytes, + GFP_KERNEL) != SUCCESS) + return FAILED; + shost->eh_action = &done; spin_lock_irqsave(shost->host_lock, flags); Index: linux-work/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h =================================================================== --- linux-work.orig/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h 2007-11-20 13:36:44.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-work/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h 2007-11-20 13:42:49.000000000 +1100 @@ -81,9 +81,10 @@ struct scsi_eh_save { struct scatterlist sense_sgl; }; -extern void scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, +extern int scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, struct scsi_eh_save *ses, unsigned char *cmnd, - int cmnd_size, unsigned sense_bytes); + int cmnd_size, unsigned sense_bytes, + gfp_t gfp_mask); extern void scsi_eh_restore_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd* scmd, struct scsi_eh_save *ses); Index: linux-work/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c =================================================================== --- linux-work.orig/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c 2007-11-20 13:46:41.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-work/drivers/scsi/NCR5380.c 2007-11-20 13:46:47.000000000 +1100 @@ -2283,7 +2283,7 @@ static void NCR5380_information_transfer } if ((cmd->cmnd[0] != REQUEST_SENSE) && (status_byte(cmd->SCp.Status) == CHECK_CONDITION)) { - scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(cmd, &hostdata->ses, NULL, 0, ~0); + scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(cmd, &hostdata->ses, NULL, 0, ~0, GFP_ATOMIC); dprintk(NDEBUG_AUTOSENSE, ("scsi%d : performing request sense\n", instance->host_no)); Index: linux-work/drivers/scsi/atari_NCR5380.c =================================================================== --- linux-work.orig/drivers/scsi/atari_NCR5380.c 2007-11-20 13:46:55.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-work/drivers/scsi/atari_NCR5380.c 2007-11-20 13:47:00.000000000 +1100 @@ -2240,7 +2240,7 @@ static void NCR5380_information_transfer if ((cmd->cmnd[0] != REQUEST_SENSE) && (status_byte(cmd->SCp.Status) == CHECK_CONDITION)) { - scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(cmd, &hostdata->ses, NULL, 0, ~0); + scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(cmd, &hostdata->ses, NULL, 0, ~0, GFP_ATOMIC); ASEN_PRINTK("scsi%d: performing request sense\n", HOSTNO); Index: linux-work/drivers/scsi/sun3_NCR5380.c =================================================================== --- linux-work.orig/drivers/scsi/sun3_NCR5380.c 2007-11-20 13:46:27.000000000 +1100 +++ linux-work/drivers/scsi/sun3_NCR5380.c 2007-11-20 13:46:33.000000000 +1100 @@ -2261,7 +2261,7 @@ static void NCR5380_information_transfer if ((cmd->cmnd[0] != REQUEST_SENSE) && (status_byte(cmd->SCp.Status) == CHECK_CONDITION)) { - scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(cmd, &hostdata->ses, NULL, 0, ~0); + scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(cmd, &hostdata->ses, NULL, 0, ~0, GFP_ATOMIC); ASEN_PRINTK("scsi%d: performing request sense\n", HOSTNO); /* this is initialized from initialize_SCp - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html