kernel/linux.git/Documentation/scsi, branch v7.0-rc7

Merge tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi

2026-02-12T23:43:02+00:00

Pull SCSI updates from James Bottomley: "Usual driver updates (qla2xxx, mpi3mr, mpt3sas, ufs) plus assorted cleanups and fixes. The biggest core change is the massive code motion in the sd driver to remove forward declarations and the most significant change is to enumify the queuecommand return" * tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi: (78 commits) scsi: csiostor: Fix dereference of null pointer rn scsi: buslogic: Reduce stack usage scsi: ufs: host: mediatek: Require CONFIG_PM scsi: ufs: mediatek: Fix page faults in ufs_mtk_clk_scale() trace event scsi: smartpqi: Fix memory leak in pqi_report_phys_luns() scsi: mpi3mr: Make driver probing asynchronous scsi: ufs: core: Flush exception handling work when RPM level is zero scsi: efct: Use IRQF_ONESHOT and default primary handler scsi: ufs: core: Use a host-wide tagset in SDB mode scsi: qla2xxx: target: Add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue() users scsi: qla2xxx: Add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue() users scsi: qla4xxx: Add WQ_PERCPU to alloc_workqueue() users scsi: mpi3mr: Driver version update to 8.17.0.3.50 scsi: mpi3mr: Fixed the W=1 compilation warning scsi: mpi3mr: Record and report controller firmware faults scsi: mpi3mr: Update MPI Headers to revision 39 scsi: mpi3mr: Use negotiated link rate from DevicePage0 scsi: mpi3mr: Avoid redundant diag-fault resets scsi: mpi3mr: Rename log data save helper to reflect threaded/BH context scsi: mpi3mr: Add module parameter to control threaded IRQ polling ...

scsi: Change the return type of the .queuecommand() callback

2026-01-24T02:32:34+00:00

In clang version 21.1 and later the -Wimplicit-enum-enum-cast warning option has been introduced. This warning is enabled by default and can be used to catch .queuecommand() implementations that return another value than 0 or one of the SCSI_MLQUEUE_* constants. Hence this patch that changes the return type of the .queuecommand() implementations from 'int' into 'enum scsi_qc_status'. No functionality has been changed. Cc: Damien Le Moal Cc: John Garry Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260115210357.2501991-6-bvanassche@acm.org Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen

scsi: docs: Add description for missing options of link_power_management_policy

2026-01-20T21:58:54+00:00

With the kernel update we have more different policy for SCSI link power management. Add the corresponding description to the file. Signed-off-by: Yiwei Lin Tested-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet Message-ID: <20260115065341.10230-1-s921975628@gmail.com>

Documentation: Fix typos and grammatical errors

2026-01-16T18:13:45+00:00

Fix various typos and grammatical errors across documentation files: - Fix missing preposition 'in' in process/changes.rst - Correct 'result by' to 'result from' in admin-guide/README.rst - Fix 'before hand' to 'beforehand' in cgroup-v1/hugetlb.rst - Correct 'allows to limit' to 'allows limiting' in hugetlb.rst, cgroup-v2.rst, and kconfig-language.rst - Fix 'needs precisely know' to 'needs to precisely know' - Correct 'overcommited' to 'overcommitted' in hugetlb.rst - Fix subject-verb agreement: 'never causes' to 'never cause' - Fix 'there is enough' to 'there are enough' in hugetlb.rst - Fix 'metadatas' to 'metadata' in filesystems/erofs.rst - Fix 'hardwares' to 'hardware' in scsi/ChangeLog.sym53c8xx Signed-off-by: Nauman Sabir Acked-by: Tejun Heo Message-ID: <20260115230110.7734-1-officialnaumansabir@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet

scsi: switch ->bios_param() to passing gendisk

2025-08-13T06:59:28+00:00

Instances are passed struct block_device *bdev argument; the only thing it is used for (if it's used in the first place) is bdev->bd_disk. Might as well pass that in the first place... Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Acked-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Al Viro

scsi: switch scsi_bios_ptable() and scsi_partsize() to gendisk

2025-08-13T06:59:28+00:00

Both helpers are reading the partition table of the disk specified by block_device of some partition on it; result depends only upon the disk in question, so we might as well pass the struct gendisk instead. Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig Acked-by: Jens Axboe Signed-off-by: Al Viro

scsi: fc_transport: docs: Add documentation for FC Remote Ports

2025-06-10T01:49:26+00:00

This patch updates the scsi_fc_transport.rst documentation by replacing the outdated << To Be Supplied >> placeholder under the "FC Remote Ports (rports)" section with a detailed explanation of remote port functionality in the Fibre Channel (FC) transport class. The new documentation covers: - What rports are and their role in FC-based SCSI communication - Their representation in sysfs (/sys/class/fc_remote_ports/) - Common sysfs attributes such as (port_id, port_name, node_name, and port_state). - Their typical lifecycle (creation and removal) - Guidance for driver developers on using fc_remote_port_add() and fc_remote_port_delete() This change improves the completeness and usefulness of the FC transport documentation for developers and users interacting with Fibre Channel drivers in the Linux SCSI subsystem Signed-off-by: Alok Tiwari Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250607162304.1765430-1-alok.a.tiwari@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen

scsi: docs: Clean up some style in scsi_mid_low_api

2025-05-13T02:11:55+00:00

Capitalize Linux but not "kernel." Spell out Linux instead of using "lk". Hyphenate "system-wide." Hyphenate "32-bit". End a sentence with a period (full stop). Change "double linked" to "doubly linked" list. Use SCSI or scsi but not Scsi. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250502015136.683691-1-rdunlap@infradead.org Cc: James E.J. Bottomley Cc: Martin K. Petersen Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen

scsi: st: Add sysfs file position_lost_in_reset

2025-02-03T22:51:31+00:00

If the value read from the file is 1, reads and writes from/to the device are blocked because the tape position may not match user's expectation (tape rewound after device reset). Signed-off-by: Kai Mäkisara Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250201151106.25529-1-Kai.Makisara@kolumbus.fi Reviewed-by: John Meneghini Tested-by: John Meneghini Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen

scsi: documentation: Corrections for struct updates

2025-01-10T20:15:30+00:00

Update scsi_mid_low_api.rst for changes to struct scsi_host and struct scsi_cmnd. struct scsi_host: - no_async_abort is gone - drop sh_list w/ no replacement - change my_devices to __devices struct scsi_cmnd: - removed 'done' (now in struct scsi_driver); use scsi_done() or scsi_done_direct() callbacks - change previous request_bufflen to scsi_bufflen() - change previous use_sg field to scsi_dma_map() or scsi_sg_count() - change previous request_buffer field to reference to 'usg_sg' text [mkp: removed more obsolete stuff] Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241221212539.1314560-1-rdunlap@infradead.org Cc: James E.J. Bottomley Cc: Martin K. Petersen Cc: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen