Re: [PATCH] [USB] Use normalized sense when emulating autosense

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On Thu, 21 Oct 2010, Luben Tuikov wrote:

> This patch solves two things:
> 1) Enables autosense emulation code to correctly
> interpret descriptor format sense data, and
> 2) Fixes a bug whereby the autosense emulation
> code would overwrite descriptor format sense data
> with SENSE KEY HARDWARE ERROR in fixed format, to
> incorrectly look like this:

...

> @@ -794,12 +793,7 @@ Retry_Sense:
>  		 * everything worked or that there was an unspecified
>  		 * problem.  We have to decide which.
>  		 */
> -		if (	/* Filemark 0, ignore EOM, ILI 0, no sense */
> -				(srb->sense_buffer[2] & 0xaf) == 0 &&
> -			/* No ASC or ASCQ */
> -				srb->sense_buffer[12] == 0 &&
> -				srb->sense_buffer[13] == 0) {
> -
> +		if (sshdr.sense_key == 0 && sshdr.asc == 0 && sshdr.ascq == 0) {
>  			/* If things are really okay, then let's show that.
>  			 * Zero out the sense buffer so the higher layers
>  			 * won't realize we did an unsolicited auto-sense.

What about the Filemark and ILI tests?  You mustn't get rid of them; 
they are needed for tape drives.

Alan Stern

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