Re: inquiry in scsi_scan.c

Matthew Dharm (mdharm-kernel@one-eyed-alien.net)
Sat, 4 Jan 2003 16:41:13 -0800


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Instead of fixing this in usb-storage, I think I would rather make
scsi_scan.c just assume a minimum of 36.

Or, put another way, if the first request indicates less than 36, why
should we do a second request? We already have all the data...

Matt

On Sat, Jan 04, 2003 at 04:07:51AM +0100, Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl wrote:
> Matthew Dharm writes:
>=20
> > There should probably be a sanity check to never ask for INQUIRY
> > less than 36 bytes. I thought there used to be such a thing....
>=20
> As Doug also points out, we ask for 36, but there is no
> guarantee that we get what we ask for.
>=20
> > Actually, 5 isn't minimal... it's sub-minimal.
> > That's an error in the INQUIRY data/
> > The minimum (by spec) is 36 bytes.
>=20
> No. Quoting:
>=20
> "The INQUIRY data (Table 7-9) contains a five byte header,
> followed by the vendor unique parameters, if any."
> (SCSI-1 standard)
>=20
> So, as long as we are willing to support SCSI-1 devices,
> we must accept that the INQUIRY data can be as short as this.
> And in fact all our other code is careful - look at
> print_inquiry() how before looking at a byte we check
> whether it really there.
>=20
>=20
> On the other hand, my case was not an ancient SCSI-1 device,
> it was a brand new USB device. So, I have the SCSI host in hand.
> Looking at what happens:
>=20
> usb-storage: usb_stor_bulk_transfer_buf(): xfer 36 bytes
> 00 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 4F 45 49 2D 55 53 42 20
> 53 6D 61 72 74 4D 65 64 69 61 20 20 20 20 20 20
> 32 2E 30 35
> usb-storage: Status code 0; transferred 36/36
> usb-storage: Fixing INQUIRY data to show SCSI rev 2 - was 0
> usb-storage: Fixing INQUIRY data to show length 36 - was 0
>=20
> and all is fine.
>=20
> Instead of the old garbage I now see:
> % cat /proc/scsi/scsi
> ...
> Host: scsi2 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
> Vendor: OEI-USB Model: SmartMedia Rev: 2.05
> Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
> ...
>=20
>=20
> Conclusion:
> (i) scsi_scan.c has to be careful about INQUIRY lengths,
> and some patch is required for devices that return a short length.
> (ii) usb-storage knows the transport length, and can fix it
> in case it is (5+)0. For example, in protocol.c:fix_inquiry_data():
>=20
> static void fix_inquiry_data(Scsi_Cmnd *srb)
> {
> unsigned char *data_ptr;
>=20
> /* verify that it's an INQUIRY command */
> if (srb->cmnd[0] !=3D INQUIRY)
> return;
>=20
> data_ptr =3D find_data_location(srb);
>=20
> if ((data_ptr[2] & 7) !=3D 2) {
> US_DEBUGP("Fixing INQUIRY data to show SCSI rev 2 - was %=
d\n",
> data_ptr[2] & 7);
>=20
> /* Change the SCSI revision number */
> data_ptr[2] =3D (data_ptr[2] & ~7) | 2;
> }
>=20
> if (data_ptr[4] =3D=3D 0) {
> US_DEBUGP("Fixing INQUIRY data to show length 36 - was 0\=
n");
> data_ptr[4] =3D 36 - 5;
> }
> }
>=20
> Andries

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