3.12-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit af73623f5f10eb3832c87a169b28f7df040a875b upstream. Somehow older areca firmware versions have issues with scsi_get_vpd_page() and a large buffer, the firmware seems to crash and the scsi error-handler will start endless recovery retries. Limiting the buf-size to 64-bytes fixes this issue with older firmware versions (<1.49 for my controller). Fixes a regression with areca controllers and older firmware versions introduced by commit: 66c28f97120e8a621afd5aa7a31c4b85c547d33d Reported-by: Nix <nix@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Nix <nix@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/sd.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c @@ -2645,13 +2645,16 @@ static void sd_read_write_same(struct sc } if (scsi_report_opcode(sdev, buffer, SD_BUF_SIZE, INQUIRY) < 0) { + /* too large values might cause issues with arcmsr */ + int vpd_buf_len = 64; + sdev->no_report_opcodes = 1; /* Disable WRITE SAME if REPORT SUPPORTED OPERATION * CODES is unsupported and the device has an ATA * Information VPD page (SAT). */ - if (!scsi_get_vpd_page(sdev, 0x89, buffer, SD_BUF_SIZE)) + if (!scsi_get_vpd_page(sdev, 0x89, buffer, vpd_buf_len)) sdev->no_write_same = 1; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html