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Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: Let scsi_execute_cmd() mark args->sshdr as invalid
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On 5/19/23 09:06, John Garry wrote:
> Sure, what I describe is ideal, but I still just dislike passing both 
> sensebuf and hdr into scsi_execute_cmd(). The semantics of how 
> scsi_execute_cmd() treats them is vague.

Is this something that can be addressed by improving the 
scsi_execute_cmd() documentation?

Thanks,

Bart.