On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:35:13 -0400 (EDT) Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2008, Alan Stern wrote: > > > This patch (as1133) fixes a bug in the interaction between > > scsi_end_request() and scsi_io_completion(). The bug was triggered by > > recent changes to accomodate USB drives can't access their last few > > sectors using multi-sector transfers (the so-called last_sector_bug > > flag). > > > > The bug shows up when a multi-sector I/O request has been broken up > > into single-sector commands. If one of those commands gets an error, > > the remainder of the request never gets completed. This is because > > the "bytes" value passed to scsi_end_request() is completely wrong; it > > is the transfer size of the current command, not the total transfer > > size of the request. > > There hasn't been any reply to this patch submission. For reference, > the original message is at > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=121986305201166&w=2 > > Has it been accepted, rejected, or did it fall through the cracks? > > Alan Stern > Hi again, anything new about this patch? Alan, I'll keep reminding about it from time to time, until it is accepted or rejected. Thanks, Antonio -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Web site: http://www.studenti.unina.it/~ospite Public key: http://www.studenti.unina.it/~ospite/aopubkey.asc
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