Re: linux kernel panic when ejecting ieee1394 ipod

Stefan Richter
2005-12-13T20:48:13Z

James Bottomley wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 20:35 +0100, Stefan Richter wrote:
>>When preparing a request in scsi_lib or in a SCSI high-level driver,
>>always set a transfer direction of DMA_NONE if data length is zero,
>>even for alleged write requests. (Extended patch derived from Jens
>>Axboe's version.)
[...]
> The problem is that I already picked up Jens' patch in rc fixes, so this
> no-longer applies. However, given that the fix needed to be in four
> separate places, which looks rather bad, I propose the following
> consolidation instead.

Jens' patch alone does not fix the kernel panic AFAICS. "eject /dev/sdX"
goes through sd_init_command. James, could you put your patch into
scsi-rc-fixes too? And what about -stable?

[BTW, some revisions of iPods require to either "eject" them or to
unload sbp2 or to disassociate them from sbp2 via an arcane echo to
ieee1394's sysfs interface before they can be unplugged. Else their
firmware needs to be reset. This is why "eject" is the recommended
procedure to disconnect an iPod.]

Thanks,
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Stefan Richter
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