kernel/linux.git/block/scsi_ioctl.c, branch linux-2.6.28.y

Enforce a minimum SG_IO timeout

2008-12-05T22:49:18+00:00

There's no point in having too short SG_IO timeouts, since if the command does end up timing out, we'll end up through the reset sequence that is several seconds long in order to abort the command that timed out. As a result, shorter timeouts than a few seconds simply do not make sense, as the recovery would be longer than the timeout itself. Add a BLK_MIN_SG_TIMEOUT to match the existign BLK_DEFAULT_SG_TIMEOUT. Suggested-by: Alan Cox Acked-by: Tejun Heo Acked-by: Jens Axboe Cc: Jeff Garzik Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] switch scsi_cmd_ioctl() to passing fmode_t

2008-10-21T11:47:14+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

[PATCH] switch sg_scsi_ioctl() to passing fmode_t

2008-10-21T11:47:12+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

[PATCH] pass mode instead of file to sg_io()

2008-10-21T11:47:10+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

[PATCH] introduce fmode_t, do annotations

2008-10-21T11:47:06+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

block: introduce struct rq_map_data to use reserved pages

2008-10-09T06:56:10+00:00

This patch introduces struct rq_map_data to enable bio_copy_use_iov() use reserved pages. Currently, bio_copy_user_iov allocates bounce pages but drivers/scsi/sg.c wants to allocate pages by itself and use them. struct rq_map_data can be used to pass allocated pages to bio_copy_user_iov. The current users of bio_copy_user_iov simply passes NULL (they don't want to use pre-allocated pages). Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori Cc: Jens Axboe Cc: Douglas Gilbert Cc: Mike Christie Cc: James Bottomley Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: add gfp_mask argument to blk_rq_map_user and blk_rq_map_user_iov

2008-10-09T06:56:10+00:00

Currently, blk_rq_map_user and blk_rq_map_user_iov always do GFP_KERNEL allocation. This adds gfp_mask argument to blk_rq_map_user and blk_rq_map_user_iov so sg can use it (sg always does GFP_ATOMIC allocation). Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori Signed-off-by: Douglas Gilbert Cc: Mike Christie Cc: James Bottomley Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

SG_IO block filter whitelist missing MMC SET READ AHEAD command

2008-10-09T06:56:00+00:00

I have another request for the block filter SG_IO command whitelist, specifically the MMC streaming command set SET READ AHEAD command. The command applies only to MMC CDROM/DVDROM drives with the streaming optional feature set. The command is useful to cdparanoia in that it allows explicit cache control side effects that are, on many drives, cdparanoia's most efficient way to flush/disable the media cache on cdrom drives. I am aware of no reason why it should not be accessible from usespace. Also note that the command is already fully accessible through the SCSI-native version of the SG_IO ioctl as well as the traditional SG interface. The command is only being refused on block devices. That means that on a typical stock distro, the command is available through /dev/sg* but not /dev/scd* although both are typically available and accessible. Filtering the command is not providing any protection, only a confusing inconsistency. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: rename blk_scsi_cmd_filter to blk_cmd_filter

2008-08-27T07:50:19+00:00

Technically, the cmd_filter would be applied to other protocols though it's unlikely to happen. Putting SCSI stuff to request_queue is kinda layer violation. So let's rename it. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

block: move cmdfilter from gendisk to request_queue

2008-08-27T07:50:19+00:00

cmd_filter works only for the block layer SG_IO with SCSI block devices. It breaks scsi/sg.c, bsg, and the block layer SG_IO with SCSI character devices (such as st). We hit a kernel crash with them. The problem is that cmd_filter code accesses to gendisk (having struct blk_scsi_cmd_filter) via inode->i_bdev->bd_disk. It works for only SCSI block device files. With character device files, inode->i_bdev leads you to struct cdev. inode->i_bdev->bd_disk->blk_scsi_cmd_filter isn't safe. SCSI ULDs don't expose gendisk; they keep it private. bsg needs to be independent on any protocols. We shouldn't change ULDs to expose their gendisk. This patch moves struct blk_scsi_cmd_filter from gendisk to request_queue, a common object, which eveyone can access to. The user interface doesn't change; users can change the filters via /sys/block/. gendisk has a pointer to request_queue so the cmd_filter code accesses to struct blk_scsi_cmd_filter. Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe