Re: [GIT PULL] Final round of SCSI updates for the 3.8+ merge window

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On Fri, 2013-03-01 at 08:27 -0500, Douglas Gilbert wrote:
> What is the status of the:
>    - scsi: 64-bit LUN support [v2]

It's a big change and too late for this merge window.

>    - SG_SCSI_RESET ioctl: add no_escalate values [v2]

The most recent report says


> The results were "interesting", there are some really
> strange things that happen in some of the LLD error paths. Its obvious
> that
> error injection is not part of testing many of them, and what at first
> glance
> should be a fairly straightforward error can create quite a mess. So
> anyone
> sending any kind of reset (especially without the ESCALATE flag which
> tends to
> isolate the error handling) to the LLD's should be aware that behavior
> between
> them can vary significantly.
> 
So the patch does seem to have dangerous side effects.

James


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