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Rafael Rocha 6b63cda2d4 scsi: st: Fix input/output error on empty drive reset 
[ Upstream commit 3d882cca73 ]

A previous change was introduced to prevent data loss during a power-on
reset when a tape is present inside the drive. This commit set the
"pos_unknown" flag to true to avoid operations that could compromise data
by performing actions from an untracked position. The relevant change is
commit 9604eea5bd ("scsi: st: Add third party poweron reset handling")

As a consequence of this change, a new issue has surfaced: the driver now
returns an "Input/output error" even for empty drives when the drive, host,
or bus is reset. This issue stems from the "flush_buffer" function, which
first checks whether the "pos_unknown" flag is set. If the flag is set, the
user will encounter an "Input/output error" until the tape position is
known again. This behavior differs from the previous implementation, where
empty drives were not affected at system start up time, allowing tape
software to send commands to the driver to retrieve the drive's status and
other information.

The current behavior prioritizes the "pos_unknown" flag over the
"ST_NO_TAPE" status, leading to issues for software that detects drives
during system startup. This software will receive an "Input/output error"
until a tape is loaded and its position is known.

To resolve this, the "ST_NO_TAPE" status should take priority when the
drive is empty, allowing communication with the drive following a power-on
reset. At the same time, the change should continue to protect data by
maintaining the "pos_unknown" flag when the drive contains a tape and its
position is unknown.

Signed-off-by: Rafael Rocha <rrochavi@fnal.gov>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240905173921.10944-1-rrochavi@fnal.gov
Fixes: 9604eea5bd ("scsi: st: Add third party poweron reset handling")
Acked-by: Kai Mäkisara <kai.makisara@kolumbus.fi>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2024-10-10 11:57:13 +02:00
arch x86/tdx: Fix "in-kernel MMIO" check 2024-10-04 16:30:05 +02:00
block block: fix potential invalid pointer dereference in blk_add_partition 2024-10-04 16:29:01 +02:00
certs certs: Reference revocation list for all keyrings 2023-08-17 20:12:41 +00:00
crypto KEYS: prevent NULL pointer dereference in find_asymmetric_key() 2024-10-04 16:29:48 +02:00
Documentation Documentation: KVM: fix warning in "make htmldocs" 2024-10-04 16:30:03 +02:00
drivers scsi: st: Fix input/output error on empty drive reset 2024-10-10 11:57:13 +02:00
fs btrfs: fix race setting file private on concurrent lseek using same fd 2024-10-04 16:29:59 +02:00
include lib/xarray: introduce a new helper xas_get_order 2024-10-04 16:30:02 +02:00
init rust: fix the default format for CONFIG_{RUSTC,BINDGEN}_VERSION_TEXT 2024-08-29 17:33:29 +02:00
io_uring io_uring/sqpoll: do not put cpumask on stack 2024-10-04 16:29:44 +02:00
ipc sysctl: treewide: drop unused argument ctl_table_root::set_ownership(table) 2024-08-11 12:47:13 +02:00
kernel jump_label: Fix static_key_slow_dec() yet again 2024-10-10 11:57:13 +02:00
lib mm/filemap: optimize filemap folio adding 2024-10-04 16:30:02 +02:00
LICENSES LICENSES: Add the copyleft-next-0.3.1 license 2022-11-08 15:44:01 +01:00
mm mm/damon/vaddr: protect vma traversal in __damon_va_thre_regions() with rcu read lock 2024-10-04 16:30:03 +02:00
net icmp: change the order of rate limits 2024-10-04 16:29:56 +02:00
rust rust: kbuild: fix export of bss symbols 2024-09-12 11:11:32 +02:00
samples samples/bpf: Fix compilation errors with cf-protection option 2024-10-04 16:29:19 +02:00
scripts scripts: kconfig: merge_config: config files: add a trailing newline 2024-09-18 19:24:05 +02:00
security bpf: lsm: Set bpf_lsm_blob_sizes.lbs_task to 0 2024-10-04 16:30:02 +02:00
sound ASoC: rt5682: Return devm_of_clk_add_hw_provider to transfer the error 2024-10-04 16:29:45 +02:00
tools perf time-utils: Fix 32-bit nsec parsing 2024-10-04 16:29:24 +02:00
usr initramfs: Encode dependency on KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP 2023-06-06 17:54:49 +09:00
virt KVM: Use dedicated mutex to protect kvm_usage_count to avoid deadlock 2024-10-04 16:29:47 +02:00
.clang-format iommu: Add for_each_group_device() 2023-05-23 08:15:51 +02:00
.cocciconfig scripts: add Linux .cocciconfig for coccinelle 2016-07-22 12:13:39 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore get_maintainer: add Alan to .get_maintainer.ignore 2022-08-20 15:17:44 -07:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore Remove *.orig pattern from .gitignore 2024-10-04 16:29:44 +02:00
.mailmap 20 hotfixes. 12 are cc:stable and the remainder address post-6.5 issues 2023-10-24 09:52:16 -10:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS USB: Remove Wireless USB and UWB documentation 2023-08-09 14:17:32 +02:00
Kbuild Kbuild updates for v6.1 2022-10-10 12:00:45 -07:00
Kconfig kbuild: ensure full rebuild when the compiler is updated 2020-05-12 13:28:33 +09:00
MAINTAINERS membarrier: riscv: Add full memory barrier in switch_mm() 2024-09-12 11:11:45 +02:00
Makefile Linux 6.6.54 2024-10-04 16:30:05 +02:00
README Drop all 00-INDEX files from Documentation/ 2018-09-09 15:08:58 -06:00

README 

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.