Re: [PATCH] SCSI: erase invalid data returned by device

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Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Jul 2008, Elias Oltmanns wrote:
>
>> Oh, I see. The name fooled me there, I suppose. So, the meaning of
>> req->data_len is inverted, as it were, when the LLDD performs the data
>> transfer, right?
>
> The inversion takes place in the midlayer, not in the LLDD.  Take a
> look inside scsi_io_completion():
>
> 	if (blk_pc_request(req)) { /* SG_IO ioctl from block level */
> 		...
> 		req->data_len = scsi_get_resid(cmd);
> 	}

Right, thanks for the hint.

Regards,

Elias
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