Re: class_device_add error in SCSI with 2.6.17-rc2-g52824b6b

[Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer <mchouque@free.fr>]

On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 04:58:03PM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote:
> Similar error previously reported by me for 2.6.17-rc1, except sda got
> added fine: error occurred when attempting to add/register sdb. 
> Thankfully, you were able to append a trace...

In my case, I was able to solve the problem by replacing this call at
line 1648 in drivers/scsi/sd.c (patch attached):
strncpy(sdkp->cdev.class_id, sdp->sdev_gendev.bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE);

by

snprintf(sdkp->cdev.class_id, BUS_ID_SIZE, "%s", sdp->sdev_gendev.bus_id);

Then it works.

While debugging the whole thing, I was printk'ing the value of
sdkp->cdev.class_id right after the strncpy call and here's what I
getting (basically only the first 4 chars + final \0): 
"0:0:"

So I guess the strncpy routine on alpha is fscked up or gcc is doing
something crazy. The function is under arch/alpha/lib/strncpy.S, time to
learn assembly.


--- linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/sd.c	2006-03-28 13:28:24.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6-mat/drivers/scsi/sd.c	2006-04-20 12:12:36.000000000 +0200
@@ -1645,7 +1645,8 @@
 	class_device_initialize(&sdkp->cdev);
 	sdkp->cdev.dev = &sdp->sdev_gendev;
 	sdkp->cdev.class = &sd_disk_class;
-	strncpy(sdkp->cdev.class_id, sdp->sdev_gendev.bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE);
+	snprintf(sdkp->cdev.class_id, BUS_ID_SIZE, "%s",
+		sdp->sdev_gendev.bus_id);
 
 	if (class_device_add(&sdkp->cdev))
 		goto out_put;


-- 
Mathieu Chouquet-Stringer                           mchouque@free.fr
    "Le disparu, si l'on vénère sa mémoire, est plus présent et
                 plus puissant que le vivant".
           -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Citadelle --

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