Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755031Ab3HBXqT (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Aug 2013 19:46:19 -0400 Received: from icebox.esperi.org.uk ([81.187.191.129]:54460 "EHLO mail.esperi.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754772Ab3HBXqR (ORCPT ); Fri, 2 Aug 2013 19:46:17 -0400 From: Nick Alcock To: Bernd Schubert Cc: "Martin K. Petersen" , Linux Kernel Mailing List , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, nick.cheng@areca.com.tw, stable@vger.kernel.org, Douglas Gilbert , "James E.J. Bottomley" Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi disk: Use its own buffer for the vpd request References: <87r4ehfzhf.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <51F667C2.4020801@fastmail.fm> <87mwp5frdl.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <51F67959.2060803@fastmail.fm> <87fvuxdqes.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> <51F80167.1080004@fastmail.fm> <51F94E8D.5040908@fastmail.fm> <51F95A2E.60805@fastmail.fm> <51FA71E2.6010501@fastmail.fm> Emacs: a learning curve that you can use as a plumb line. Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 00:46:02 +0100 In-Reply-To: <51FA71E2.6010501@fastmail.fm> (Bernd Schubert's message of "Thu, 01 Aug 2013 16:34:10 +0200") Message-ID: <8738qrfyh1.fsf@spindle.srvr.nix> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-DCC-wuwien-Metrics: spindle 1290; Body=8 Fuz1=8 Fuz2=8 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 856 Lines: 23 On 1 Aug 2013, Bernd Schubert told this: > Once I noticed that scsi_get_vpd_page() works fine from other function > calls and that it is not 0x89, but already 0x0 that fails fixing it became > easy. > > Nix, any chance you could verify it also works for you? Sorry for the delay: it's hard for me to verify this during the working week. I'll check it tomorrow -- after I've run a backup! :} (why yes, bugs of this nature do frighten me a bit. I know it's superstition, but I'm always wondering whether the SCSI controller will come back again whenever that post-error bus reset happens.) -- NULL && (void) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/