Re: Current git --> kaboom [bisect] seems IDE related.

Re: Current git --> kaboom [bisect] seems IDE related.

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 02:38:46PM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> The OOPS is most likely (again) my fault - I was rushing out to push out
> the fix and memset() line didn't get converted.

The new patch works fine for me.

> I prepared the new patch, documented it and started looking into SCSI
> build breakage... and I no longer feel comfortable with the hack :(
> 
> It seems that fixing IDE properly will be easier than auditing the whole
> SCSI for all the weird assumptions on rq->cmd[] size (James?) so I'm back
> to the code, in the meantime here's the updated patch:

Yeah, this is quite nasty.  I'll attach the patch below which just
rejects a command in scsi_setup_blk_pc_cmnd if it's too large for
the scsi_cmnd cmnd array.  This is probably enough but I haven't
audited all of the scsi code yet.  But as James said this is
too much of a memory vastage to put it into the tree.

Long-term the Panasas folks have looked into killing the scsi_cmnd.cmnd
filed entirely and make the struct request.cmd field dynamically sized
which would solve your problem, but probably won't be ready for 2.6.25.


Index: linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c	2008-02-10 07:49:50.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c	2008-02-10 15:19:42.000000000 +0100
@@ -1129,7 +1129,12 @@ int scsi_setup_blk_pc_cmnd(struct scsi_d
 		req->buffer = NULL;
 	}
 
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(req->cmd) > sizeof(cmd->cmnd));
+	if (req->cmd_len > sizeof(cmd->cmnd)) {
+		scsi_release_buffers(cmd);
+		scsi_put_command(cmd);
+		return BLKPREP_KILL;
+	}
+
 	memcpy(cmd->cmnd, req->cmd, sizeof(cmd->cmnd));
 	cmd->cmd_len = req->cmd_len;
 	if (!req->data_len)

Re: Current git --> kaboom [bisect] seems IDE related.

[Boaz Harrosh]

On Sun, Feb 10 2008 at 16:43 +0200, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 02:38:46PM +0100, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
>> The OOPS is most likely (again) my fault - I was rushing out to push out
>> the fix and memset() line didn't get converted.
> 
> The new patch works fine for me.
> 
>> I prepared the new patch, documented it and started looking into SCSI
>> build breakage... and I no longer feel comfortable with the hack :(
>>
>> It seems that fixing IDE properly will be easier than auditing the whole
>> SCSI for all the weird assumptions on rq->cmd[] size (James?) so I'm back
>> to the code, in the meantime here's the updated patch:
> 
> Yeah, this is quite nasty.  I'll attach the patch below which just
> rejects a command in scsi_setup_blk_pc_cmnd if it's too large for
> the scsi_cmnd cmnd array.  This is probably enough but I haven't
> audited all of the scsi code yet.  But as James said this is
> too much of a memory vastage to put it into the tree.
> 
> Long-term the Panasas folks have looked into killing the scsi_cmnd.cmnd
> filed entirely and make the struct request.cmd field dynamically sized
> which would solve your problem, but probably won't be ready for 2.6.25.
> 
> 
<snip>

As far as I'm concerned it is very ready, and I have sent a last version
for inclusion into 2.6.25.
- There is a very minor patch-ability problem between last patchset and 
  scsi-misc I will resend the pachset as a reply to this mail.
- Since I never got any comments from Jens or James, this code was never
  accepted into -mm. So it was not widely tested. Though I have thrown
  every test I can on these patches. But that is still, a very limited 
  testing.

If people have a bit of spare time, please review. For some of us it is
very important

Thanks
Boaz

[PATCHSET 0/3] varlen extended and vendor-specific cdbs

[Boaz Harrosh]

Submitted is a patchset for adding support for variable-length, extended,
and vendor specific CDBs. It should now cover the entire range of the 
SCSI standard. (and/or any other use of command packets in block devices)

They are based on scsi-misc.

Difference from last time, is at struct request. I did a smallish
hack to save the extra pointer space. The pointer now shares it's
space with the request->cmd, as they are mutual exclusive. The
flag to switch between them is when cmd_len == 0 and varlen_cdb_len != 0
I've added 2 accessors to hide the mess. I think this approach
should be safe. I can easily go back to the separate pointer,
but I figured a little hack is better then a bloat.

This is on top of the size shrink to struct scsi_cmnd gained
in the first patch. We save upto 12 bytes on 32 bit ARCHs

So over all, this cleans things up, and add fixtures without
any extra cost.

[1/3] Let scsi_cmnd->cmnd use request->cmd buffer
  Here I let scsi_cmnd->cmnd point to the space allocated by
  request->cmd, instead of copying the data. The scsi_cmnd->cmd_len
  is guaranteed to contain the right length of the command.
  I have tried to go over every single place in the kernel that uses
  scsi_cmnd->cmnd and make sure it looks sane. Surprisingly to me,
  that was not at all bad. I hope I did not miss anything.

  I've tested on an x86_64 machine booting from a sata disk and
  ran the iscsi regression tests as well as my bidi and varlen tests
  on top of the complete patchset and all tests passed.

[2/3] block layer varlen-cd
   Here I added an option to use a user supplied buffer for an arbitrary
   large command. Buffer must be kept valid until execution of request
   ends. The pointer to the buffer shares it's space with the fixed
   length command, so the size of struct request does not change.

[3/3] scsi: varlen extended and vendor-specific cdbs
  Adds support for variable length, extended, and vendor-specific
  cdbs at the scsi mid-layer.

Bart:
If you need this infrastructure see second patch for an easy to use
inline accessors on struct request. If you then need to use them in
a scsi LLD, thats easy same as before only cmd_len will be bigger then 16.
If you need to use them in a block LLD. You need to use the accessors and
an extra if() statement. See 3rd patch on how scsi_lib.c uses it.

Boaz

Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Let scsi_cmnd->cmnd use request->cmd buffer

[Boaz Harrosh]

- struct scsi_cmnd had a 16 bytes command buffer of its own.
  This is an unnecessary duplication and copy of request's
  cmd. It is probably left overs from the time that scsi_cmnd
  could function without a request attached. So clean that up.

- Once above is done, few places, apart from scsi-ml, needed
  adjustments due to changing the data type of scsi_cmnd->cmnd.

- Lots of drivers still use MAX_COMMAND_SIZE. So I have left
  that #define but equate it to BLK_MAX_CDB. The way I see it
  and is reflected in the patch below is.
  MAX_COMMAND_SIZE - means: The longest fixed-length (*) SCSI CDB
                     as per the SCSI standard and is not related
                     to the implementation.
  BLK_MAX_CDB.     - The allocated space at the request level

(*)fixed-length here means commands that their size can be determined
   by their opcode and the CDB does not carry a length specifier, like
   the VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD(0x7f) command. This is actually not exactly
   true and the SCSI standard also defines extended commands and
   vendor specific commands that can be bigger than 16 bytes. The kernel
   will support these using the same infrastructure used for VARLEN CDB's.
   So in effect MAX_COMMAND_SIZE means the maximum size command
   scsi-ml supports without specifying a cmd_len by ULD's

Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
---
 drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c       |    2 +-
 drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_dbf.c     |    2 +-
 drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c     |    2 +-
 drivers/scsi/53c700.c            |    6 +++---
 drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c           |    2 +-
 drivers/scsi/hptiop.c            |    6 +++---
 drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c |    2 +-
 drivers/scsi/initio.c            |    2 +-
 drivers/scsi/qla1280.c           |    4 ++--
 drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c        |   14 ++++++++------
 drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c          |    5 +++--
 drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c      |    2 ++
 drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c     |    2 ++
 include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h         |    9 +++++++--
 include/scsi/scsi_eh.h           |    4 ++--
 15 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
index 19ece9b..1d9602b 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-sbp2.c
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ static int sbp2_scsi_queuecommand(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, scsi_done_fn_t done)
 
 	memset(orb->request.command_block,
 	       0, sizeof(orb->request.command_block));
-	memcpy(orb->request.command_block, cmd->cmnd, COMMAND_SIZE(*cmd->cmnd));
+	memcpy(orb->request.command_block, cmd->cmnd, cmd->cmd_len);
 
 	orb->base.callback = complete_command_orb;
 	orb->base.request_bus =
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_dbf.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_dbf.c
index 701046c..7a7f619 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_dbf.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_dbf.c
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ _zfcp_scsi_dbf_event_common(const char *tag, const char *tag2, int level,
 				rec->scsi_result = scsi_cmnd->result;
 				rec->scsi_cmnd = (unsigned long)scsi_cmnd;
 				rec->scsi_serial = scsi_cmnd->serial_number;
-				memcpy(rec->scsi_opcode, &scsi_cmnd->cmnd,
+				memcpy(rec->scsi_opcode, scsi_cmnd->cmnd,
 					min((int)scsi_cmnd->cmd_len,
 						ZFCP_DBF_SCSI_OPCODE));
 				rec->scsi_retries = scsi_cmnd->retries;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
index 0dff058..1abbac5 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fsf.c
@@ -4220,7 +4220,7 @@ zfcp_fsf_send_fcp_command_task_handler(struct zfcp_fsf_req *fsf_req)
 		ZFCP_LOG_TRACE("scpnt->result =0x%x, command was:\n",
 			       scpnt->result);
 		ZFCP_HEX_DUMP(ZFCP_LOG_LEVEL_TRACE,
-			      (void *) &scpnt->cmnd, scpnt->cmd_len);
+			      scpnt->cmnd, scpnt->cmd_len);
 
 		ZFCP_LOG_TRACE("%i bytes sense data provided by FCP\n",
 			       fcp_rsp_iu->fcp_sns_len);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/53c700.c b/drivers/scsi/53c700.c
index f4c4fe9..f5a9add 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/53c700.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/53c700.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ NCR_700_scsi_done(struct NCR_700_Host_Parameters *hostdata,
 			(struct NCR_700_command_slot *)SCp->host_scribble;
 		
 		dma_unmap_single(hostdata->dev, slot->pCmd,
-				 sizeof(SCp->cmnd), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+				 MAX_COMMAND_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 		if (slot->flags == NCR_700_FLAG_AUTOSENSE) {
 			char *cmnd = NCR_700_get_sense_cmnd(SCp->device);
 #ifdef NCR_700_DEBUG
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ process_script_interrupt(__u32 dsps, __u32 dsp, struct scsi_cmnd *SCp,
 				 * here */
 				NCR_700_unmap(hostdata, SCp, slot);
 				dma_unmap_single(hostdata->dev, slot->pCmd,
-						 sizeof(SCp->cmnd),
+						 MAX_COMMAND_SIZE,
 						 DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 
 				cmnd[0] = REQUEST_SENSE;
@@ -1901,7 +1901,7 @@ NCR_700_queuecommand(struct scsi_cmnd *SCp, void (*done)(struct scsi_cmnd *))
 	}
 	slot->resume_offset = 0;
 	slot->pCmd = dma_map_single(hostdata->dev, SCp->cmnd,
-				    sizeof(SCp->cmnd), DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+				    MAX_COMMAND_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	NCR_700_start_command(SCp);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c b/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c
index f608d4a..6335637 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/a100u2w.c
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ static void inia100_build_scb(struct orc_host * host, struct orc_scb * scb, stru
 	} else {
 		scb->tag_msg = 0;	/* No tag support               */
 	}
-	memcpy(&scb->cdb[0], &cmd->cmnd, scb->cdb_len);
+	memcpy(scb->cdb, cmd->cmnd, scb->cdb_len);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hptiop.c b/drivers/scsi/hptiop.c
index ff149ad..514f05b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hptiop.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hptiop.c
@@ -761,9 +761,9 @@ static int hptiop_queuecommand(struct scsi_cmnd *scp,
 			scp,
 			host->host_no, scp->device->channel,
 			scp->device->id, scp->device->lun,
-			*((u32 *)&scp->cmnd),
-			*((u32 *)&scp->cmnd + 1),
-			*((u32 *)&scp->cmnd + 2),
+			((u32 *)scp->cmnd)[0],
+			((u32 *)scp->cmnd)[1],
+			((u32 *)scp->cmnd)[2],
 			_req->index, _req->req_virt);
 
 	scp->result = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
index 78d46a9..df9b865 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvscsi.c
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ static int ibmvscsi_queuecommand(struct scsi_cmnd *cmnd,
 	srp_cmd = &evt_struct->iu.srp.cmd;
 	memset(srp_cmd, 0x00, SRP_MAX_IU_LEN);
 	srp_cmd->opcode = SRP_CMD;
-	memcpy(srp_cmd->cdb, cmnd->cmnd, sizeof(cmnd->cmnd));
+	memcpy(srp_cmd->cdb, cmnd->cmnd, sizeof(srp_cmd->cdb));
 	srp_cmd->lun = ((u64) lun) << 48;
 
 	if (!map_data_for_srp_cmd(cmnd, evt_struct, srp_cmd, hostdata->dev)) {
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/initio.c b/drivers/scsi/initio.c
index 0cc8868..40e9875 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/initio.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/initio.c
@@ -2590,7 +2590,7 @@ static void initio_build_scb(struct initio_host * host, struct scsi_ctrl_blk * c
 	cblk->hastat = 0;
 	cblk->tastat = 0;
 	/* Command the command */
-	memcpy(&cblk->cdb[0], &cmnd->cmnd, cmnd->cmd_len);
+	memcpy(cblk->cdb, cmnd->cmnd, cmnd->cmd_len);
 
 	/* Set up tags */
 	if (cmnd->device->tagged_supported) {	/* Tag Support                  */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c b/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c
index 68c0d09..b53420b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla1280.c
@@ -2863,7 +2863,7 @@ qla1280_64bit_start_scsi(struct scsi_qla_host *ha, struct srb * sp)
 
 	/* Load SCSI command packet. */
 	pkt->cdb_len = cpu_to_le16(CMD_CDBLEN(cmd));
-	memcpy(pkt->scsi_cdb, &(CMD_CDBP(cmd)), CMD_CDBLEN(cmd));
+	memcpy(pkt->scsi_cdb, CMD_CDBP(cmd), CMD_CDBLEN(cmd));
 	/* dprintk(1, "Build packet for command[0]=0x%x\n",pkt->scsi_cdb[0]); */
 
 	/* Set transfer direction. */
@@ -3132,7 +3132,7 @@ qla1280_32bit_start_scsi(struct scsi_qla_host *ha, struct srb * sp)
 
 	/* Load SCSI command packet. */
 	pkt->cdb_len = cpu_to_le16(CMD_CDBLEN(cmd));
-	memcpy(pkt->scsi_cdb, &(CMD_CDBP(cmd)), CMD_CDBLEN(cmd));
+	memcpy(pkt->scsi_cdb, CMD_CDBP(cmd), CMD_CDBLEN(cmd));
 
 	/*dprintk(1, "Build packet for command[0]=0x%x\n",pkt->scsi_cdb[0]); */
 	/* Set transfer direction. */
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 045a086..98696ae 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ static void scsi_abort_eh_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd)
  * @scmd:       SCSI command structure to hijack
  * @ses:        structure to save restore information
  * @cmnd:       CDB to send. Can be NULL if no new cmnd is needed
- * @cmnd_size:  size in bytes of @cmnd
+ * @cmnd_size:  size in bytes of @cmnd (must be <= BLK_MAX_CDB)
  * @sense_bytes: size of sense data to copy. or 0 (if != 0 @cmnd is ignored)
  *
  * This function is used to save a scsi command information before re-execution
@@ -615,12 +615,14 @@ void scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, struct scsi_eh_save *ses,
 	 * command.
 	 */
 	ses->cmd_len = scmd->cmd_len;
-	memcpy(ses->cmnd, scmd->cmnd, sizeof(scmd->cmnd));
+	ses->cmnd = scmd->cmnd;
 	ses->data_direction = scmd->sc_data_direction;
 	ses->sdb = scmd->sdb;
 	ses->next_rq = scmd->request->next_rq;
 	ses->result = scmd->result;
 
+	scmd->cmnd = ses->eh_cmnd;
+	memset(scmd->cmnd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB);
 	memset(&scmd->sdb, 0, sizeof(scmd->sdb));
 	scmd->request->next_rq = NULL;
 
@@ -632,14 +634,13 @@ void scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, struct scsi_eh_save *ses,
 		scmd->sdb.table.sgl = &ses->sense_sgl;
 		scmd->sc_data_direction = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
 		scmd->sdb.table.nents = 1;
-		memset(scmd->cmnd, 0, sizeof(scmd->cmnd));
 		scmd->cmnd[0] = REQUEST_SENSE;
 		scmd->cmnd[4] = scmd->sdb.length;
 		scmd->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(scmd->cmnd[0]);
 	} else {
 		scmd->sc_data_direction = DMA_NONE;
 		if (cmnd) {
-			memset(scmd->cmnd, 0, sizeof(scmd->cmnd));
+			BUG_ON(cmnd_size > BLK_MAX_CDB);
 			memcpy(scmd->cmnd, cmnd, cmnd_size);
 			scmd->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(scmd->cmnd[0]);
 		}
@@ -672,7 +673,7 @@ void scsi_eh_restore_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd* scmd, struct scsi_eh_save *ses)
 	 * Restore original data
 	 */
 	scmd->cmd_len = ses->cmd_len;
-	memcpy(scmd->cmnd, ses->cmnd, sizeof(scmd->cmnd));
+	scmd->cmnd = ses->cmnd;
 	scmd->sc_data_direction = ses->data_direction;
 	scmd->sdb = ses->sdb;
 	scmd->request->next_rq = ses->next_rq;
@@ -1693,7 +1694,8 @@ scsi_reset_provider(struct scsi_device *dev, int flag)
 	scmd->request = &req;
 	memset(&scmd->eh_timeout, 0, sizeof(scmd->eh_timeout));
 
-	memset(&scmd->cmnd, '\0', sizeof(scmd->cmnd));
+	scmd->cmnd = req.cmd;
+	memset(scmd->cmnd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB);
     
 	scmd->scsi_done		= scsi_reset_provider_done_command;
 	memset(&scmd->sdb, 0, sizeof(scmd->sdb));
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 135c1d0..426aa11 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -1092,6 +1092,8 @@ static struct scsi_cmnd *scsi_get_cmd_from_req(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 	cmd->tag = req->tag;
 	cmd->request = req;
 
+	cmd->cmnd = req->cmd;
+
 	return cmd;
 }
 
@@ -1129,8 +1131,6 @@ int scsi_setup_blk_pc_cmnd(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct request *req)
 		req->buffer = NULL;
 	}
 
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(req->cmd) > sizeof(cmd->cmnd));
-	memcpy(cmd->cmnd, req->cmd, sizeof(cmd->cmnd));
 	cmd->cmd_len = req->cmd_len;
 	if (!req->data_len)
 		cmd->sc_data_direction = DMA_NONE;
@@ -1167,6 +1167,7 @@ int scsi_setup_fs_cmnd(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct request *req)
 	if (unlikely(!cmd))
 		return BLKPREP_DEFER;
 
+	memset(cmd->cmnd, 0, BLK_MAX_CDB);
 	return scsi_init_io(cmd, GFP_ATOMIC);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_setup_fs_cmnd);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
index 3677fbb..72102d5 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_tgt_lib.c
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ struct scsi_cmnd *scsi_host_get_command(struct Scsi_Host *shost,
 	cmd->jiffies_at_alloc = jiffies;
 	cmd->request = rq;
 
+	cmd->cmnd = rq->cmd;
+
 	rq->special = cmd;
 	rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_SPECIAL;
 	rq->cmd_flags |= REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC;
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
index 2ae1e86..8a761b6 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ struct isd200_info {
 
 	/* maximum number of LUNs supported */
 	unsigned char MaxLUNs;
+	unsigned char cmnd[BLK_MAX_CDB];
 	struct scsi_cmnd srb;
 	struct scatterlist sg;
 };
@@ -450,6 +451,7 @@ static int isd200_action( struct us_data *us, int action,
 
 	memset(&ata, 0, sizeof(ata));
 	memset(&srb_dev, 0, sizeof(srb_dev));
+	srb->cmnd = info->cmnd;
 	srb->device = &srb_dev;
 	++srb->serial_number;
 
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
index de28aab..5c21ddc 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/scatterlist.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 
 struct Scsi_Host;
 struct scsi_device;
 
+#define MAX_COMMAND_SIZE 16
+#if (MAX_COMMAND_SIZE > BLK_MAX_CDB)
+#	error MAX_COMMAND_SIZE can not be smaller than BLK_MAX_CDB
+#endif
+
 struct scsi_data_buffer {
 	struct sg_table table;
 	unsigned length;
@@ -64,8 +70,7 @@ struct scsi_cmnd {
 	enum dma_data_direction sc_data_direction;
 
 	/* These elements define the operation we are about to perform */
-#define MAX_COMMAND_SIZE	16
-	unsigned char cmnd[MAX_COMMAND_SIZE];
+	unsigned char *cmnd;
 
 	struct timer_list eh_timeout;	/* Used to time out the command. */
 
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h b/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h
index 25071d5..9438ea1 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_eh.h
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@ struct scsi_eh_save {
 	int result;
 	enum dma_data_direction data_direction;
 	unsigned char cmd_len;
-	unsigned char cmnd[MAX_COMMAND_SIZE];
+	unsigned char *cmnd;
 	struct scsi_data_buffer sdb;
 	struct request *next_rq;
-
 	/* new command support */
+	unsigned char eh_cmnd[BLK_MAX_CDB];
 	struct scatterlist sense_sgl;
 };
 
-- 
1.5.3.3

[PATCH 2/3] block layer varlen-cdb

[Boaz Harrosh]

- add varlen_cdb and varlen_cdb_len to hold a large user cdb
  if needed. They start as empty. Allocation of buffer must
  be done by user and held until request execution is done.
- Since there can be either a fix_length command up to 16 bytes
  or a variable_length, larger then 16 bytes, commands but never
  both, we hold the two types in a union to save space. The
  presence of varlen_cdb_len and cmd_len==0 signals a varlen_cdb
  mode.
- Please use added rq_{set,get}_varlen_cdb() to set every thing
  up in a way that will not confuse drivers that do not support
  varlen_cdb's.
- Note that this patch does not add any size to struct request
  since the unsigned cmd_len is split here to 2 ushorts, which
  is more then enough.

Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
---
 block/blk-core.c       |    2 ++
 include/linux/blkdev.h |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 4afb39c..1c5cfa7 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ void rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 	rq->end_io_data = NULL;
 	rq->completion_data = NULL;
 	rq->next_rq = NULL;
+	rq->varlen_cdb_len = 0;
+	rq->varlen_cdb = NULL;
 }
 
 static void req_bio_endio(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio,
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 90392a9..a8a6c20 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -211,8 +211,15 @@ struct request {
 	/*
 	 * when request is used as a packet command carrier
 	 */
-	unsigned int cmd_len;
-	unsigned char cmd[BLK_MAX_CDB];
+	unsigned short cmd_len;
+	unsigned short varlen_cdb_len;  /* length of varlen_cdb buffer */
+	union {
+		unsigned char cmd[BLK_MAX_CDB];
+		unsigned char *varlen_cdb;/* an optional variable-length cdb.
+	                                   * points to a user buffer that must
+	                                   * be valid until end of request
+	                                   */
+	};
 
 	unsigned int data_len;
 	unsigned int sense_len;
@@ -478,6 +485,22 @@ enum {
 #define rq_is_sync(rq)		(rq_data_dir((rq)) == READ || (rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_SYNC)
 #define rq_is_meta(rq)		((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META)
 
+static inline void rq_set_varlen_cdb(struct request *rq, u8 *cdb, short cdb_len)
+{
+	rq->cmd_len = 0; /* Make sure legacy drivers don't get confused */
+	rq->varlen_cdb_len = cdb_len;
+	rq->varlen_cdb = cdb;
+}
+
+/* If ! a varlen_cdb than return NULL */
+static inline u8 *rq_get_varlen_cdb(struct request *rq)
+{
+	if (!rq->cmd_len && rq->varlen_cdb_len)
+		return rq->varlen_cdb;
+	else
+		return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline int blk_queue_full(struct request_queue *q, int rw)
 {
 	if (rw == READ)
-- 
1.5.3.3

[PATCH 3/3] scsi: varlen extended and vendor-specific cdbs

[Boaz Harrosh]

Add support for variable-length, extended, and vendor specific
CDBs to scsi-ml. It is now possible for initiators and ULD's
to issue these types of commands. LLDs need not change much.
All they need is to raise the .max_cmd_len to the longest command
they support (see iscsi patches).

- clean-up some code paths that did not expect commands to be
  larger than 16, and change cmd_len members' type to short as
  char is not enough.
- Add support for varlen_cdb in scsi_execute.

Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
Signed-off-by: Benny Halevy <bhalevy@panasas.com>
---
 block/scsi_ioctl.c       |    4 ++--
 drivers/scsi/constants.c |   10 +++-------
 drivers/scsi/scsi.c      |   22 +++++++++++-----------
 drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c  |   27 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----
 include/scsi/scsi.h      |   40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h |    2 +-
 include/scsi/scsi_host.h |    8 +++-----
 7 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/scsi_ioctl.c b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
index 9675b34..a1d7070 100644
--- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@
 #include <scsi/scsi_cmnd.h>
 
 /* Command group 3 is reserved and should never be used.  */
-const unsigned char scsi_command_size[8] =
+const unsigned char scsi_command_size_tbl[8] =
 {
 	6, 10, 10, 12,
 	16, 12, 10, 10
 };
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_command_size);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_command_size_tbl);
 
 #include <scsi/sg.h>
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/constants.c b/drivers/scsi/constants.c
index 403a7f2..9785d73 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/constants.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/constants.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #define SERVICE_ACTION_OUT_12 0xa9
 #define SERVICE_ACTION_IN_16 0x9e
 #define SERVICE_ACTION_OUT_16 0x9f
-#define VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD 0x7f
 
 
 
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ static void print_opcode_name(unsigned char * cdbp, int cdb_len)
 	cdb0 = cdbp[0];
 	switch(cdb0) {
 	case VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD:
-		len = cdbp[7] + 8;
+		len = scsi_varlen_cdb_length(cdbp);
 		if (len < 10) {
 			printk("short variable length command, "
 			       "len=%d ext_len=%d", len, cdb_len);
@@ -300,7 +299,7 @@ static void print_opcode_name(unsigned char * cdbp, int cdb_len)
 	cdb0 = cdbp[0];
 	switch(cdb0) {
 	case VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD:
-		len = cdbp[7] + 8;
+		len = scsi_varlen_cdb_length(cdbp);
 		if (len < 10) {
 			printk("short opcode=0x%x command, len=%d "
 			       "ext_len=%d", cdb0, len, cdb_len);
@@ -335,10 +334,7 @@ void __scsi_print_command(unsigned char *cdb)
 	int k, len;
 
 	print_opcode_name(cdb, 0);
-	if (VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD == cdb[0])
-		len = cdb[7] + 8;
-	else
-		len = COMMAND_SIZE(cdb[0]);
+	len = scsi_command_size(cdb);
 	/* print out all bytes in cdb */
 	for (k = 0; k < len; ++k) 
 		printk(" %02x", cdb[k]);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
index fecba05..944fafa 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi.c
@@ -79,15 +79,6 @@ static void scsi_done(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd);
 #define MIN_RESET_PERIOD (15*HZ)
 
 /*
- * Macro to determine the size of SCSI command. This macro takes vendor
- * unique commands into account. SCSI commands in groups 6 and 7 are
- * vendor unique and we will depend upon the command length being
- * supplied correctly in cmd_len.
- */
-#define CDB_SIZE(cmd)	(((((cmd)->cmnd[0] >> 5) & 7) < 6) ? \
-				COMMAND_SIZE((cmd)->cmnd[0]) : (cmd)->cmd_len)
-
-/*
  * Note - the initial logging level can be set here to log events at boot time.
  * After the system is up, you may enable logging via the /proc interface.
  */
@@ -525,6 +516,7 @@ int scsi_dispatch_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	unsigned long flags = 0;
 	unsigned long timeout;
 	int rtn = 0;
+	unsigned cmd_len;
 
 	/* check if the device is still usable */
 	if (unlikely(cmd->device->sdev_state == SDEV_DEL)) {
@@ -606,9 +598,17 @@ int scsi_dispatch_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	 * Before we queue this command, check if the command
 	 * length exceeds what the host adapter can handle.
 	 */
-	if (CDB_SIZE(cmd) > cmd->device->host->max_cmd_len) {
+	cmd_len = cmd->cmd_len;
+	if (!cmd_len) {
+		BUG_ON(cmd->cmnd[0] == VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD);
+		cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE((cmd)->cmnd[0]);
+	}
+
+	if (cmd_len > cmd->device->host->max_cmd_len) {
 		SCSI_LOG_MLQUEUE(3,
-				printk("queuecommand : command too long.\n"));
+			printk("queuecommand : command too long. "
+			       "cdb_size=%d host->max_cmd_len=%d\n",
+			       cmd->cmd_len, cmd->device->host->max_cmd_len));
 		cmd->result = (DID_ABORT << 16);
 
 		scsi_done(cmd);
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
index 426aa11..3029b31 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c
@@ -193,8 +193,16 @@ int scsi_execute(struct scsi_device *sdev, const unsigned char *cmd,
 					buffer, bufflen, __GFP_WAIT))
 		goto out;
 
-	req->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(cmd[0]);
-	memcpy(req->cmd, cmd, req->cmd_len);
+	if (cmd[0] == VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD)
+		rq_set_varlen_cdb(req, (u8 *)cmd, scsi_varlen_cdb_length(cmd));
+	else {
+		req->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(cmd[0]);
+		memcpy(req->cmd, cmd, req->cmd_len);
+		if (req->cmd_len < MAX_COMMAND_SIZE)
+			memset(&req->cmd[req->cmd_len], 0,
+			       MAX_COMMAND_SIZE - req->cmd_len);
+	}
+
 	req->sense = sense;
 	req->sense_len = 0;
 	req->retries = retries;
@@ -445,7 +453,7 @@ static void scsi_init_cmd_errh(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 	scsi_set_resid(cmd, 0);
 	memset(cmd->sense_buffer, 0, SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE);
 	if (cmd->cmd_len == 0)
-		cmd->cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE(cmd->cmnd[0]);
+		cmd->cmd_len = scsi_command_size(cmd->cmnd);
 }
 
 void scsi_device_unbusy(struct scsi_device *sdev)
@@ -1100,6 +1108,7 @@ static struct scsi_cmnd *scsi_get_cmd_from_req(struct scsi_device *sdev,
 int scsi_setup_blk_pc_cmnd(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct request *req)
 {
 	struct scsi_cmnd *cmd;
+	u8 *varlen_cdb;
 	int ret = scsi_prep_state_check(sdev, req);
 
 	if (ret != BLKPREP_OK)
@@ -1131,14 +1140,22 @@ int scsi_setup_blk_pc_cmnd(struct scsi_device *sdev, struct request *req)
 		req->buffer = NULL;
 	}
 
-	cmd->cmd_len = req->cmd_len;
+	varlen_cdb = rq_get_varlen_cdb(req);
+	if (varlen_cdb) {
+		cmd->cmnd = varlen_cdb;
+		cmd->cmd_len = req->varlen_cdb_len;
+	} else if (req->cmd_len)
+		cmd->cmd_len = req->cmd_len;
+	else
+		cmd->cmd_len = scsi_command_size(cmd->cmnd);
+
 	if (!req->data_len)
 		cmd->sc_data_direction = DMA_NONE;
 	else if (rq_data_dir(req) == WRITE)
 		cmd->sc_data_direction = DMA_TO_DEVICE;
 	else
 		cmd->sc_data_direction = DMA_FROM_DEVICE;
-	
+
 	cmd->transfersize = req->data_len;
 	cmd->allowed = req->retries;
 	cmd->timeout_per_command = req->timeout;
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi.h b/include/scsi/scsi.h
index 1f74bcd..0ba902c 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi.h
@@ -30,13 +30,6 @@
 #endif
 
 /*
- *	SCSI command lengths
- */
-
-extern const unsigned char scsi_command_size[8];
-#define COMMAND_SIZE(opcode) scsi_command_size[((opcode) >> 5) & 7]
-
-/*
  * Special value for scanning to specify scanning or rescanning of all
  * possible channels, (target) ids, or luns on a given shost.
  */
@@ -109,6 +102,7 @@ extern const unsigned char scsi_command_size[8];
 #define MODE_SENSE_10         0x5a
 #define PERSISTENT_RESERVE_IN 0x5e
 #define PERSISTENT_RESERVE_OUT 0x5f
+#define VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD   0x7f
 #define REPORT_LUNS           0xa0
 #define MAINTENANCE_IN        0xa3
 #define MOVE_MEDIUM           0xa5
@@ -136,6 +130,38 @@ extern const unsigned char scsi_command_size[8];
 #define	ATA_12		      0xa1	/* 12-byte pass-thru */
 
 /*
+ *	SCSI command lengths
+ */
+
+#define SCSI_MAX_VARLEN_CDB_SIZE 260
+
+/* defined in T10 SCSI Primary Commands-2 (SPC2) */
+struct scsi_varlen_cdb_hdr {
+	u8 opcode;        /* opcode always == VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD */
+	u8 control;
+	u8 misc[5];
+	u8 additional_cdb_length;         /* total cdb length - 8 */
+	__be16 service_action;
+	/* service specific data follows */
+};
+
+static inline unsigned
+scsi_varlen_cdb_length(const void *hdr)
+{
+	return ((struct scsi_varlen_cdb_hdr*)hdr)->additional_cdb_length + 8;
+}
+
+extern const unsigned char scsi_command_size_tbl[8];
+#define COMMAND_SIZE(opcode) scsi_command_size_tbl[((opcode) >> 5) & 7]
+
+static inline unsigned
+scsi_command_size(const unsigned char *cmnd)
+{
+	return (cmnd[0] == VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD) ? scsi_varlen_cdb_length(cmnd) :
+	                                 COMMAND_SIZE(cmnd[0]);
+}
+
+/*
  *  SCSI Architecture Model (SAM) Status codes. Taken from SAM-3 draft
  *  T10/1561-D Revision 4 Draft dated 7th November 2002.
  */
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
index 5c21ddc..c32d0da 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_cmnd.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ struct scsi_cmnd {
 	int allowed;
 	int timeout_per_command;
 
-	unsigned char cmd_len;
+	unsigned short cmd_len;
 	enum dma_data_direction sc_data_direction;
 
 	/* These elements define the operation we are about to perform */
diff --git a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
index d1299e9..72e0f0d 100644
--- a/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
+++ b/include/scsi/scsi_host.h
@@ -568,13 +568,11 @@ struct Scsi_Host {
 	/*
 	 * The maximum length of SCSI commands that this host can accept.
 	 * Probably 12 for most host adapters, but could be 16 for others.
+	 * or 260 if the driver supports variable length cdbs.
 	 * For drivers that don't set this field, a value of 12 is
-	 * assumed.  I am leaving this as a number rather than a bit
-	 * because you never know what subsequent SCSI standards might do
-	 * (i.e. could there be a 20 byte or a 24-byte command a few years
-	 * down the road?).  
+	 * assumed.
 	 */
-	unsigned char max_cmd_len;
+	unsigned short max_cmd_len;
 
 	int this_id;
 	int can_queue;
-- 
1.5.3.3

Re: Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Let scsi_cmnd->cmnd use request->cmd buffer

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 09:05:17PM +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> - Lots of drivers still use MAX_COMMAND_SIZE. So I have left
>   that #define but equate it to BLK_MAX_CDB. The way I see it
>   and is reflected in the patch below is.
>   MAX_COMMAND_SIZE - means: The longest fixed-length (*) SCSI CDB
>                      as per the SCSI standard and is not related
>                      to the implementation.
>   BLK_MAX_CDB.     - The allocated space at the request level
> 
> (*)fixed-length here means commands that their size can be determined
>    by their opcode and the CDB does not carry a length specifier, like
>    the VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD(0x7f) command. This is actually not exactly
>    true and the SCSI standard also defines extended commands and
>    vendor specific commands that can be bigger than 16 bytes. The kernel
>    will support these using the same infrastructure used for VARLEN CDB's.
>    So in effect MAX_COMMAND_SIZE means the maximum size command
>    scsi-ml supports without specifying a cmd_len by ULD's

A comment like this should be near the declaration of MAX_COMMAND_SIZE

> +#define MAX_COMMAND_SIZE 16
> +#if (MAX_COMMAND_SIZE > BLK_MAX_CDB)
> +#	error MAX_COMMAND_SIZE can not be smaller than BLK_MAX_CDB
> +#endif

No tabs between the # and the rest of the cpp command, please.  Either
nothing or a single space as indentation instead.

Except for those two small nitpicks this looks very good to me.  Nice
memory saving aswel.

Re: [PATCH 2/3] block layer varlen-cdb

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 09:09:41PM +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> - add varlen_cdb and varlen_cdb_len to hold a large user cdb
>   if needed. They start as empty. Allocation of buffer must
>   be done by user and held until request execution is done.
> - Since there can be either a fix_length command up to 16 bytes
>   or a variable_length, larger then 16 bytes, commands but never
>   both, we hold the two types in a union to save space. The
>   presence of varlen_cdb_len and cmd_len==0 signals a varlen_cdb
>   mode.

this one I'm a bit confused by, why can't we just set the length
of the variable length command in cmd_len aswell, and if cmd_len >
the length of the cmd array it's a variable length command?

Note that this is both to keep the logic simpler and not to grow
struct request further.  Especially for the rather rare case
of a bidi command.

Re: [PATCH 3/3] scsi: varlen extended and vendor-specific cdbs

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 09:12:02PM +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> @@ -525,6 +516,7 @@ int scsi_dispatch_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
>  	unsigned long flags = 0;
>  	unsigned long timeout;
>  	int rtn = 0;
> +	unsigned cmd_len;
>  
>  	/* check if the device is still usable */
>  	if (unlikely(cmd->device->sdev_state == SDEV_DEL)) {
> @@ -606,9 +598,17 @@ int scsi_dispatch_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
>  	 * Before we queue this command, check if the command
>  	 * length exceeds what the host adapter can handle.
>  	 */
> -	if (CDB_SIZE(cmd) > cmd->device->host->max_cmd_len) {
> +	cmd_len = cmd->cmd_len;
> +	if (!cmd_len) {
> +		BUG_ON(cmd->cmnd[0] == VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD);
> +		cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE((cmd)->cmnd[0]);
> +	}

This looks odd to me.  Shouldn't we make sure cmd_len is always
initialized in a single place for either varlen or fixed length
commands and not have things like this?

Re: [PATCH 2/3] block layer varlen-cdb

[Boaz Harrosh]

On Tue, Feb 12 2008 at 19:48 +0200, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 09:09:41PM +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>> - add varlen_cdb and varlen_cdb_len to hold a large user cdb
>>   if needed. They start as empty. Allocation of buffer must
>>   be done by user and held until request execution is done.
>> - Since there can be either a fix_length command up to 16 bytes
>>   or a variable_length, larger then 16 bytes, commands but never
>>   both, we hold the two types in a union to save space. The
>>   presence of varlen_cdb_len and cmd_len==0 signals a varlen_cdb
>>   mode.
> 
> this one I'm a bit confused by, why can't we just set the length
> of the variable length command in cmd_len aswell, and if cmd_len >
> the length of the cmd array it's a variable length command?
> 
> Note that this is both to keep the logic simpler and not to grow
> struct request further.  Especially for the rather rare case
> of a bidi command.

Because this will be dangerous for the Legacy block devices.
Unlike scsi drivers block drivers do not have a .max_cmnd_len
and upper layer will not check to make sure that the device supports
the longer command. If such a command goes through, lets say bsg
the drivers do blindly memcpy(,,rq->cmd_len) and will crash.
Better safe then sorry, at no cost.

Boaz

Re: [PATCH 2/3] block layer varlen-cdb

[Boaz Harrosh]

On Tue, Feb 12 2008 at 19:54 +0200, Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12 2008 at 19:48 +0200, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
>> On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 09:09:41PM +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>>> - add varlen_cdb and varlen_cdb_len to hold a large user cdb
>>>   if needed. They start as empty. Allocation of buffer must
>>>   be done by user and held until request execution is done.
>>> - Since there can be either a fix_length command up to 16 bytes
>>>   or a variable_length, larger then 16 bytes, commands but never
>>>   both, we hold the two types in a union to save space. The
>>>   presence of varlen_cdb_len and cmd_len==0 signals a varlen_cdb
>>>   mode.
>> this one I'm a bit confused by, why can't we just set the length
>> of the variable length command in cmd_len aswell, and if cmd_len >
>> the length of the cmd array it's a variable length command?
>>
>> Note that this is both to keep the logic simpler and not to grow
>> struct request further.  Especially for the rather rare case
>> of a bidi command.
> 
> Because this will be dangerous for the Legacy block devices.
> Unlike scsi drivers block drivers do not have a .max_cmnd_len
> and upper layer will not check to make sure that the device supports
> the longer command. If such a command goes through, lets say bsg
> the drivers do blindly memcpy(,,rq->cmd_len) and will crash.
> Better safe then sorry, at no cost.
> 
> Boaz
> 
> -
PS: the struct request does not grow. Because before cmd_len was
unsigned but now both cmd_len and varlen_cdb_len are short so
it is the same as before.

Boaz

Re: Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Let scsi_cmnd->cmnd use request->cmd buffer

[Boaz Harrosh]

On Tue, Feb 12 2008 at 19:45 +0200, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 09:05:17PM +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>> - Lots of drivers still use MAX_COMMAND_SIZE. So I have left
>>   that #define but equate it to BLK_MAX_CDB. The way I see it
>>   and is reflected in the patch below is.
>>   MAX_COMMAND_SIZE - means: The longest fixed-length (*) SCSI CDB
>>                      as per the SCSI standard and is not related
>>                      to the implementation.
>>   BLK_MAX_CDB.     - The allocated space at the request level
>>
>> (*)fixed-length here means commands that their size can be determined
>>    by their opcode and the CDB does not carry a length specifier, like
>>    the VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD(0x7f) command. This is actually not exactly
>>    true and the SCSI standard also defines extended commands and
>>    vendor specific commands that can be bigger than 16 bytes. The kernel
>>    will support these using the same infrastructure used for VARLEN CDB's.
>>    So in effect MAX_COMMAND_SIZE means the maximum size command
>>    scsi-ml supports without specifying a cmd_len by ULD's
> 
> A comment like this should be near the declaration of MAX_COMMAND_SIZE
> 
>> +#define MAX_COMMAND_SIZE 16
>> +#if (MAX_COMMAND_SIZE > BLK_MAX_CDB)
>> +#	error MAX_COMMAND_SIZE can not be smaller than BLK_MAX_CDB
>> +#endif
> 
> No tabs between the # and the rest of the cpp command, please.  Either
> nothing or a single space as indentation instead.
> 
> Except for those two small nitpicks this looks very good to me.  Nice
> memory saving aswel.
Agree with both comments. Thanks for the review, will fix in the next
submission.

Boaz

Re: [PATCH 3/3] scsi: varlen extended and vendor-specific cdbs

[Boaz Harrosh]

On Tue, Feb 12 2008 at 19:51 +0200, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 09:12:02PM +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>> @@ -525,6 +516,7 @@ int scsi_dispatch_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
>>  	unsigned long flags = 0;
>>  	unsigned long timeout;
>>  	int rtn = 0;
>> +	unsigned cmd_len;
>>  
>>  	/* check if the device is still usable */
>>  	if (unlikely(cmd->device->sdev_state == SDEV_DEL)) {
>> @@ -606,9 +598,17 @@ int scsi_dispatch_cmd(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
>>  	 * Before we queue this command, check if the command
>>  	 * length exceeds what the host adapter can handle.
>>  	 */
>> -	if (CDB_SIZE(cmd) > cmd->device->host->max_cmd_len) {
>> +	cmd_len = cmd->cmd_len;
>> +	if (!cmd_len) {
>> +		BUG_ON(cmd->cmnd[0] == VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD);
>> +		cmd_len = COMMAND_SIZE((cmd)->cmnd[0]);
>> +	}
> 
> This looks odd to me.  Shouldn't we make sure cmd_len is always
> initialized in a single place for either varlen or fixed length
> commands and not have things like this?
> 
I used to have a BUG_ON(!cmd_len) here at around the 2.6.20 kernels
And it would trigger. I'm not sure exactly how. Through a retransmit
or something.

Reinspecting all command submission paths, I agree with you that it
should not happen anymore. I will look at it some more and run tests.

Perhaps if this code will sit in -mm tree for a while I can put the
BUG_ON back and see if it triggers again. What do you recommend?

Boaz

Re: Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Let scsi_cmnd->cmnd use request->cmd buffer

[James Bottomley]

On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 21:05 +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> - struct scsi_cmnd had a 16 bytes command buffer of its own.
>   This is an unnecessary duplication and copy of request's
>   cmd. It is probably left overs from the time that scsi_cmnd
>   could function without a request attached. So clean that up.
> 
> - Once above is done, few places, apart from scsi-ml, needed
>   adjustments due to changing the data type of scsi_cmnd->cmnd.
> 
> - Lots of drivers still use MAX_COMMAND_SIZE. So I have left
>   that #define but equate it to BLK_MAX_CDB. The way I see it
>   and is reflected in the patch below is.
>   MAX_COMMAND_SIZE - means: The longest fixed-length (*) SCSI CDB
>                      as per the SCSI standard and is not related
>                      to the implementation.
>   BLK_MAX_CDB.     - The allocated space at the request level
> 
> (*)fixed-length here means commands that their size can be determined
>    by their opcode and the CDB does not carry a length specifier, like
>    the VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD(0x7f) command. This is actually not exactly
>    true and the SCSI standard also defines extended commands and
>    vendor specific commands that can be bigger than 16 bytes. The kernel
>    will support these using the same infrastructure used for VARLEN CDB's.
>    So in effect MAX_COMMAND_SIZE means the maximum size command
>    scsi-ml supports without specifying a cmd_len by ULD's

When we do this, what happens to the minority of drivers that need the
command in DMAable memory ... or have you audited them all and we can
now dump the DMA pool allocation for SCSI commands?

James

Re: Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Let scsi_cmnd->cmnd use request->cmd buffer

[Boaz Harrosh]

On Tue, Feb 12 2008 at 21:41 +0200, James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 21:05 +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>> - struct scsi_cmnd had a 16 bytes command buffer of its own.
>>   This is an unnecessary duplication and copy of request's
>>   cmd. It is probably left overs from the time that scsi_cmnd
>>   could function without a request attached. So clean that up.
>>
>> - Once above is done, few places, apart from scsi-ml, needed
>>   adjustments due to changing the data type of scsi_cmnd->cmnd.
>>
>> - Lots of drivers still use MAX_COMMAND_SIZE. So I have left
>>   that #define but equate it to BLK_MAX_CDB. The way I see it
>>   and is reflected in the patch below is.
>>   MAX_COMMAND_SIZE - means: The longest fixed-length (*) SCSI CDB
>>                      as per the SCSI standard and is not related
>>                      to the implementation.
>>   BLK_MAX_CDB.     - The allocated space at the request level
>>
>> (*)fixed-length here means commands that their size can be determined
>>    by their opcode and the CDB does not carry a length specifier, like
>>    the VARIABLE_LENGTH_CMD(0x7f) command. This is actually not exactly
>>    true and the SCSI standard also defines extended commands and
>>    vendor specific commands that can be bigger than 16 bytes. The kernel
>>    will support these using the same infrastructure used for VARLEN CDB's.
>>    So in effect MAX_COMMAND_SIZE means the maximum size command
>>    scsi-ml supports without specifying a cmd_len by ULD's
> 
> When we do this, what happens to the minority of drivers that need the
> command in DMAable memory ... or have you audited them all and we can
> now dump the DMA pool allocation for SCSI commands?
> 
> James
> 
> 

Am I right in assuming that I only need to audited the drivers that
have .unchecked_isa_dma set? I will redo this audit again, and report
back.

Boaz

[PATCHSET 0/3] Is it time for varlen extended and vendor-specific cdbs

[Boaz Harrosh]

Submitted is a patchset for adding support for variable-length, extended,
and vendor specific CDBs. It should now cover the entire range of the 
SCSI standard. (and/or any other use of command packets in block devices)

They are based on scsi-misc/scsi-rc-fixes/linux-block. They are aimed
for the 2.6.26 merge window. Andrew please also include them in -mm
for testing.

Difference from last time, is at struct request. I did a smallish
hack to save the extra pointer space. The pointer now shares it's
space with the request->cmd, as they are mutual exclusive. The
flag to switch between them is when cmd_len == 0 and varlen_cdb_len != 0
I've added 2 accessors to hide the mess. I think this approach
should be safe with legacy drivers.

This is on top of the size shrink to struct scsi_cmnd gained
in the first patch. We save upto 12 bytes on 32 bit ARCHs

So over all, this cleans things up, and add fixtures without
*any extra cost*.

[1/3] Let scsi_cmnd->cmnd use request->cmd buffer
  Here I let scsi_cmnd->cmnd point to the space allocated by
  request->cmd, instead of copying the data. The scsi_cmnd->cmd_len
  is guaranteed to contain the right length of the command.
  I have tried to go over every single place in the kernel that uses
  scsi_cmnd->cmnd and make sure it looks sane. Surprisingly to me,
  that was not at all bad. I hope I did not miss anything.

  I've tested on an x86_64 machine booting from a sata disk and
  ran the iscsi regression tests as well as my bidi and varlen tests
  on top of the complete patchset and all tests passed.

[2/3] block layer varlen-cd
   Here I added an option to use a user supplied buffer for an arbitrary
   large command. Buffer must be kept valid until execution of request
   ends. The pointer to the buffer shares it's space with the fixed
   length command, so the size of struct request does not change.

[3/3] scsi: varlen extended and vendor-specific cdbs
  Adds support for variable length, extended, and vendor-specific
  cdbs at the scsi mid-layer.

Boaz

[PATCH 2/3] block layer varlen-cdb

[Boaz Harrosh]

- add varlen_cdb and varlen_cdb_len to hold a large user cdb
  if needed. They start as empty. Allocation of buffer must
  be done by user and held until request execution is done.
- Since there can be either a fix_length command up to 16 bytes
  or a variable_length, larger then 16 bytes, commands but never
  both, we hold the two types in a union to save space. The
  presence of varlen_cdb_len and cmd_len==0 signals a varlen_cdb
  mode.
- Please use added rq_{set,get}_varlen_cdb() to set every thing
  up in a way that will not confuse drivers that do not support
  varlen_cdb's.
- Note that this patch does not add any size to struct request
  since the unsigned cmd_len is split here to 2 ushorts, which
  is more then enough.

Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
---
 block/blk-core.c       |    2 ++
 include/linux/blkdev.h |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 2a438a9..70d32f7 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ void rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 	rq->end_io = NULL;
 	rq->end_io_data = NULL;
 	rq->next_rq = NULL;
+	rq->varlen_cdb_len = 0;
+	rq->varlen_cdb = NULL;
 }
 
 static void req_bio_endio(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio,
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 6f79d40..f829571 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -213,8 +213,15 @@ struct request {
 	/*
 	 * when request is used as a packet command carrier
 	 */
-	unsigned int cmd_len;
-	unsigned char cmd[BLK_MAX_CDB];
+	unsigned short cmd_len;
+	unsigned short varlen_cdb_len;  /* length of varlen_cdb buffer */
+	union {
+		unsigned char cmd[BLK_MAX_CDB];
+		unsigned char *varlen_cdb;/* an optional variable-length cdb.
+	                                   * points to a user buffer that must
+	                                   * be valid until end of request
+	                                   */
+	};
 
 	unsigned int data_len;
 	unsigned int extra_len;	/* length of alignment and padding */
@@ -484,6 +491,22 @@ enum {
 #define rq_is_sync(rq)		(rq_data_dir((rq)) == READ || (rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_SYNC)
 #define rq_is_meta(rq)		((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META)
 
+static inline void rq_set_varlen_cdb(struct request *rq, u8 *cdb, short cdb_len)
+{
+	rq->cmd_len = 0; /* Make sure legacy drivers don't get confused */
+	rq->varlen_cdb_len = cdb_len;
+	rq->varlen_cdb = cdb;
+}
+
+/* If ! a varlen_cdb than return NULL */
+static inline u8 *rq_get_varlen_cdb(struct request *rq)
+{
+	if (!rq->cmd_len && rq->varlen_cdb_len)
+		return rq->varlen_cdb;
+	else
+		return NULL;
+}
+
 static inline int blk_queue_full(struct request_queue *q, int rw)
 {
 	if (rw == READ)
-- 
1.5.3.3

Re: [PATCH 2/3] block layer varlen-cdb

[James Bottomley]

On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 18:32 +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
> - add varlen_cdb and varlen_cdb_len to hold a large user cdb
>   if needed. They start as empty. Allocation of buffer must
>   be done by user and held until request execution is done.
> - Since there can be either a fix_length command up to 16 bytes
>   or a variable_length, larger then 16 bytes, commands but never
>   both, we hold the two types in a union to save space. The
>   presence of varlen_cdb_len and cmd_len==0 signals a varlen_cdb
>   mode.
> - Please use added rq_{set,get}_varlen_cdb() to set every thing
>   up in a way that will not confuse drivers that do not support
>   varlen_cdb's.
> - Note that this patch does not add any size to struct request
>   since the unsigned cmd_len is split here to 2 ushorts, which
>   is more then enough.

My first observation is that the block stuff all looks a bit
misnamed ... it's not about variable length commands it's about getting
block to accept packet commands larger than BLK_MAX_CDB, be they SCSI
OSD commands or ATA taskfiles.

> Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
> ---
>  block/blk-core.c       |    2 ++
>  include/linux/blkdev.h |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
> index 2a438a9..70d32f7 100644
> --- a/block/blk-core.c
> +++ b/block/blk-core.c
> @@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ void rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
>  	rq->end_io = NULL;
>  	rq->end_io_data = NULL;
>  	rq->next_rq = NULL;
> +	rq->varlen_cdb_len = 0;
> +	rq->varlen_cdb = NULL;

possibly s/varlen/large/

>  }
>  
>  static void req_bio_endio(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio,
> diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
> index 6f79d40..f829571 100644
> --- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
> +++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
> @@ -213,8 +213,15 @@ struct request {
>  	/*
>  	 * when request is used as a packet command carrier
>  	 */
> -	unsigned int cmd_len;
> -	unsigned char cmd[BLK_MAX_CDB];
> +	unsigned short cmd_len;
> +	unsigned short varlen_cdb_len;  /* length of varlen_cdb buffer */
> +	union {
> +		unsigned char cmd[BLK_MAX_CDB];
> +		unsigned char *varlen_cdb;/* an optional variable-length cdb.
> +	                                   * points to a user buffer that must
> +	                                   * be valid until end of request
> +	                                   */

again s/varlen/large/

> +	};
>  
>  	unsigned int data_len;
>  	unsigned int extra_len;	/* length of alignment and padding */
> @@ -484,6 +491,22 @@ enum {
>  #define rq_is_sync(rq)		(rq_data_dir((rq)) == READ || (rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_SYNC)
>  #define rq_is_meta(rq)		((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META)
>  
> +static inline void rq_set_varlen_cdb(struct request *rq, u8 *cdb, short cdb_len)
> +{
> +	rq->cmd_len = 0; /* Make sure legacy drivers don't get confused */
> +	rq->varlen_cdb_len = cdb_len;
> +	rq->varlen_cdb = cdb;
> +}
> +
> +/* If ! a varlen_cdb than return NULL */
> +static inline u8 *rq_get_varlen_cdb(struct request *rq)
> +{
> +	if (!rq->cmd_len && rq->varlen_cdb_len)
> +		return rq->varlen_cdb;
> +	else
> +		return NULL;
> +}

These accessors look wrong ... I think what we want is rq_get_cdb and
rq_set_cdb that handles both <= BLK_MAX_CDB by simply a memcpy and >
BLK_MAX_CDB by setting up the large_cdb pointer.  That way we can
accessorize the whole lot and the drivers don't have to care about what
BLK_MAX_CDB is set to (it simply becomes an internal convenience of
block ... and possibly allows us to eliminate the request carries
command data entirely).

>  static inline int blk_queue_full(struct request_queue *q, int rw)
>  {
>  	if (rw == READ)

James

Re: [PATCH 2/3] block layer varlen-cdb

[Benny Halevy]

On Apr. 03, 2008, 19:43 +0300, James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 18:32 +0200, Boaz Harrosh wrote:
>> - add varlen_cdb and varlen_cdb_len to hold a large user cdb
>>   if needed. They start as empty. Allocation of buffer must
>>   be done by user and held until request execution is done.
>> - Since there can be either a fix_length command up to 16 bytes
>>   or a variable_length, larger then 16 bytes, commands but never
>>   both, we hold the two types in a union to save space. The
>>   presence of varlen_cdb_len and cmd_len==0 signals a varlen_cdb
>>   mode.
>> - Please use added rq_{set,get}_varlen_cdb() to set every thing
>>   up in a way that will not confuse drivers that do not support
>>   varlen_cdb's.
>> - Note that this patch does not add any size to struct request
>>   since the unsigned cmd_len is split here to 2 ushorts, which
>>   is more then enough.
> 
> My first observation is that the block stuff all looks a bit
> misnamed ... it's not about variable length commands it's about getting
> block to accept packet commands larger than BLK_MAX_CDB, be they SCSI
> OSD commands or ATA taskfiles.
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>
>> ---
>>  block/blk-core.c       |    2 ++
>>  include/linux/blkdev.h |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>  2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
>> index 2a438a9..70d32f7 100644
>> --- a/block/blk-core.c
>> +++ b/block/blk-core.c
>> @@ -141,6 +141,8 @@ void rq_init(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
>>  	rq->end_io = NULL;
>>  	rq->end_io_data = NULL;
>>  	rq->next_rq = NULL;
>> +	rq->varlen_cdb_len = 0;
>> +	rq->varlen_cdb = NULL;
> 
> possibly s/varlen/large/


If we change any names, just please do not use "large".
I'd prefer ext_cdb, where "ext" can stand for "extended" as well
as "external" (this chimes well with iSCSI naming BTW).

> 
>>  }
>>  
>>  static void req_bio_endio(struct request *rq, struct bio *bio,
>> diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
>> index 6f79d40..f829571 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
>> @@ -213,8 +213,15 @@ struct request {
>>  	/*
>>  	 * when request is used as a packet command carrier
>>  	 */
>> -	unsigned int cmd_len;
>> -	unsigned char cmd[BLK_MAX_CDB];
>> +	unsigned short cmd_len;
>> +	unsigned short varlen_cdb_len;  /* length of varlen_cdb buffer */
>> +	union {
>> +		unsigned char cmd[BLK_MAX_CDB];
>> +		unsigned char *varlen_cdb;/* an optional variable-length cdb.
>> +	                                   * points to a user buffer that must
>> +	                                   * be valid until end of request
>> +	                                   */
> 
> again s/varlen/large/
> 
>> +	};
>>  
>>  	unsigned int data_len;
>>  	unsigned int extra_len;	/* length of alignment and padding */
>> @@ -484,6 +491,22 @@ enum {
>>  #define rq_is_sync(rq)		(rq_data_dir((rq)) == READ || (rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_SYNC)
>>  #define rq_is_meta(rq)		((rq)->cmd_flags & REQ_RW_META)
>>  
>> +static inline void rq_set_varlen_cdb(struct request *rq, u8 *cdb, short cdb_len)
>> +{
>> +	rq->cmd_len = 0; /* Make sure legacy drivers don't get confused */
>> +	rq->varlen_cdb_len = cdb_len;
>> +	rq->varlen_cdb = cdb;
>> +}
>> +
>> +/* If ! a varlen_cdb than return NULL */
>> +static inline u8 *rq_get_varlen_cdb(struct request *rq)
>> +{
>> +	if (!rq->cmd_len && rq->varlen_cdb_len)
>> +		return rq->varlen_cdb;
>> +	else
>> +		return NULL;
>> +}
> 
> These accessors look wrong ... I think what we want is rq_get_cdb and
> rq_set_cdb that handles both <= BLK_MAX_CDB by simply a memcpy and >
> BLK_MAX_CDB by setting up the large_cdb pointer.  That way we can
> accessorize the whole lot and the drivers don't have to care about what
> BLK_MAX_CDB is set to (it simply becomes an internal convenience of
> block ... and possibly allows us to eliminate the request carries
> command data entirely).

That's seems like a terrific idea.

Benny

> 
>>  static inline int blk_queue_full(struct request_queue *q, int rw)
>>  {
>>  	if (rw == READ)
> 
> James
> 
> 
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