Re: [REGRESSION] 28676d869bbb (scsi: sg: check for valid direction before starting the request) breaks mtx tape library control

[Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>]

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 03:13:34AM -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> [   46.304530] sg_is_valid_dxfer: dxfer_direction: -2, dxfer_len: 0

Ahh now I see the -2 (SG_DXFER_TO_DEV) is the crucial point here. It is 0 in
your case.

This would "fix" it but I'm not generally sure it is _the_ solution:

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 1e82d4128a84..b421ec81d775 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ static bool sg_is_valid_dxfer(sg_io_hdr_t *hp)
 		return true;
 	case SG_DXFER_TO_DEV:
 	case SG_DXFER_TO_FROM_DEV:
-		if (!hp->dxferp || hp->dxfer_len == 0)
+		if (!hp->dxferp)
 			return false;
 		return true;
 	case SG_DXFER_UNKNOWN:

Doug, what are the rules for SG_DXFER_TO_{FROM_}DEV? Apparently we can't
be sure len > 0, can we rely on dxferp being present?

Thanks,
	Johannes
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