Re: [PATCH] JMicron JM20337 USB-SATA data corruption bugfix - device 152d:2338

[Tomas Styblo <tripie@cpan.org>]

* Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca> [Mon, 21 Jul 2008]:
>
> I'm not sure this is a good approach. More that this code right above in 
> usb_stor_invoke_transport, which your code undoes the effect of for this 
> device, doesn't seem right:
>
> 	/* If things are really okay, then let's show that.  Zero
> 	 * out the sense buffer so the higher layers won't realize
> 	 * we did an unsolicited auto-sense. */
> 	if (result == USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_GOOD &&
> 		/* Filemark 0, ignore EOM, ILI 0, no sense */
> 			(srb->sense_buffer[2] & 0xaf) == 0 &&
> 		/* No ASC or ASCQ */
> 			srb->sense_buffer[12] == 0 &&
> 			srb->sense_buffer[13] == 0) {
> 		srb->result = SAM_STAT_GOOD;
> 		srb->sense_buffer[0] = 0x0;
> 	}
>

The patch doesn't exactly undo the effect of the code above,
because the value of _result_ is different. When this problem
happens, the condition above is false, _result_ is
USB_STOR_TRANSPORT_FAILED and scsi_get_resid(srb) > 0, but the
chipset doesn't report any error (NO_SENSE,ASC==0,ASCQ==0). That's
why I think there's something wrong with the chipset. 

There are Windows users on various message boards who report the
same problem with this chipset - a kind of silent data corruption
that occurs only when copying large amounts of data.

But as I said I know little about SCSI and USB. I tried to locate
and fix the problem, but I can't tell whether the current error
handling code is written according to the relevant standards.

A more generic approach would certainly be better than hardcoded
device ids. Perhaps this check should be enabled for all devices?
Why not?



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Tomas Styblo <tripie@cpan.org>