Re: [PATCH] target: Don't call TFO->write_pending if data_length == 0

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On Tue, 2014-10-14 at 14:16 -0700, Roland Dreier wrote:
> From: Roland Dreier <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> If an initiator sends a zero-length command (e.g. TEST UNIT READY) but
> sets the transfer direction in the transport layer to indicate a
> data-out phase, we still shouldn't try to transfer data.  At best it's
> a NOP, and depending on the transport, we might crash on an
> uninitialized sg list.
> 
> Reported-by: Craig Watson <craig.watson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/target/target_core_transport.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
> index 7fa62fc93e0b..f7e659bd11ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
> +++ b/drivers/target/target_core_transport.c
> @@ -2296,7 +2296,7 @@ transport_generic_new_cmd(struct se_cmd *cmd)
>  	 * and let it call back once the write buffers are ready.
>  	 */
>  	target_add_to_state_list(cmd);
> -	if (cmd->data_direction != DMA_TO_DEVICE) {
> +	if (cmd->data_direction != DMA_TO_DEVICE || cmd->data_length == 0) {
>  		target_execute_cmd(cmd);
>  		return 0;
>  	}

Applying to target-pending/queue, and including in the next round of
fixes with a CC' to stable.  Thanks Roland.  :-)

Craig, please verify on your setup and add your Tested-By.  Based on
Roland's analysis, I'm pretty certain this is the issue your hitting
with the VxWorks FC initiator, and it's an obvious enough a fix to go
ahead and queue up for mainline now.

--nab

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