Some drives set the ILI flag together with MEDIUM ERROR sense code. Clear the ILI flag in this case so that the medium error will be handled. The problem was reported by Maurizio Lombardi. Signed-off-by: Kai Mäkisara <kai.makisara@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/st.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/scsi/st.c 2016-04-17 21:22:15.671897001 +0300 +++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c 2016-04-17 22:25:39.234321293 +0300 @@ -1974,9 +1974,12 @@ static long read_tape(struct scsi_tape * transfer = (int)cmdstatp->uremainder64; else transfer = 0; - if (STp->block_size == 0 && - cmdstatp->sense_hdr.sense_key == MEDIUM_ERROR) - transfer = bytes; + if (cmdstatp->sense_hdr.sense_key == MEDIUM_ERROR) { + if (STp->block_size == 0) + transfer = bytes; + /* Some drives set ILI with MEDIUM ERROR */ + cmdstatp->flags &= ~SENSE_ILI; + } if (cmdstatp->flags & SENSE_ILI) { /* ILI */ if (STp->block_size == 0 &&