Re: [usb-storage] USB storage devices and SAT

[Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>]

Matthew Dharm wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 11:51:57AM -0400, Alan Stern wrote:
>> I tend to agree with Matt that it would be best to have the higher
>> layers tell usb-storage exactly how much sense data they want to get.
>> The problem is that these higher layers would not know about the 
>> 18-byte restriction on many earlier USB devices, so usb-storage would 
>> probably end up needing to make its own dynamic decisions anyway.
> 
> Why not handle this like other fields in the struct scsi_device?  Let the
> core initialize it with a value, then override it in the slave_configure()
> routine via unusual_devs.h flag OR via userspace command to the SCSI core?
> 
> Matt
> 

There was a correct and simple patch proposed that fixes this problem
the right way:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb&m=121762869915609&w=2

Doug could you please test this patch to see if it fixes your device?

scsi-core already gives drivers complete control on what sense_size to
fetch. It is a parameter to the scsi_eh_prep_cmnd() call. So no need
for slave_configure(), default value, and all that loop.

Matthieu castet <castet.matthieu@free.fr> wrote ...
> we have got report from 2 users that scsi sat (to do ata passthrough)  was not fully \
> working with some usb bridge (maxtor and western digital). Everything works except \
> the sense result was incomplete [1].
> 
> 
> After some investigation, they need a sense size different of 18 (at least 22). [2]
> 
> Because some devices can crash if the sense size is different of 18, in order to not \
> break these devices a flag that is set either by unusual entries, either for spc3 or \
> latter devices is used.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthieu CASTET <castet.matthieu@free.fr>

Reviewed-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@panasas.com>

> 
> 
> 
> [1]
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.utilities.smartmontools/5613
> 
> [2]
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.utilities.smartmontools/5721
> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c	2008-08-02 00:07:24.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c	2008-08-02 00:07:37.000000000 +0200
> @@ -170,6 +170,10 @@
>  		if (us->fflags & US_FL_CAPACITY_HEURISTICS)
>  			sdev->guess_capacity = 1;
>  
> +		/* assume SPC3 or latter device support sense size different of 18 */
> +		if (sdev->scsi_level > SCSI_SPC_2)
> +			us->fflags |= US_FL_SANE_SENSE;
> +
>  		/* Some devices report a SCSI revision level above 2 but are
>  		 * unable to handle the REPORT LUNS command (for which
>  		 * support is mandatory at level 3).  Since we already have
> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c	2008-08-02 00:07:24.000000000 \
>                 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/usb/storage/transport.c	2008-08-02 00:07:37.000000000 +0200
> @@ -595,10 +595,15 @@
>  	if (need_auto_sense) {
>  		int temp_result;
>  		struct scsi_eh_save ses;
> +		int sense_size = US_SENSE_SIZE;
> +
> +		/* device support and need bigger sense buffer */
> +		if (us->fflags & US_FL_SANE_SENSE)
> +			sense_size = ~0;
>  
>  		US_DEBUGP("Issuing auto-REQUEST_SENSE\n");
>  
> -		scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(srb, &ses, NULL, 0, US_SENSE_SIZE);
> +		scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(srb, &ses, NULL, 0, sense_size);
>  
>  		/* FIXME: we must do the protocol translation here */
>  		if (us->subclass == US_SC_RBC || us->subclass == US_SC_SCSI ||
> Index: linux-2.6/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h	2008-08-02 00:07:24.000000000 \
>                 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h	2008-08-02 00:07:37.000000000 +0200
> @@ -1791,6 +1791,18 @@
>  		US_SC_DEVICE, US_PR_DEVICE, NULL,
>  		US_FL_CAPACITY_HEURISTICS),
>  
> +UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x0d49, 0x7310, 0x0000, 0x9999,
> +		"Maxtor",
> +		"usb sata bridge",
> +		US_SC_DEVICE, US_PR_DEVICE, NULL,
> +		US_FL_SANE_SENSE ),
> +
> +UNUSUAL_DEV(  0x1058, 0x0704, 0x0000, 0x9999,
> +		"Western Digital",
> +		"External HDD",
> +		US_SC_DEVICE, US_PR_DEVICE, NULL,
> +		US_FL_SANE_SENSE ),
> +
>  /* Control/Bulk transport for all SubClass values */
>  USUAL_DEV(US_SC_RBC, US_PR_CB, USB_US_TYPE_STOR),
>  USUAL_DEV(US_SC_8020, US_PR_CB, USB_US_TYPE_STOR),
> Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/usb_usual.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/usb_usual.h	2008-08-02 00:07:24.000000000 +0200
> +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/usb_usual.h	2008-08-02 00:07:37.000000000 +0200
> @@ -52,7 +52,9 @@
>  	US_FLAG(MAX_SECTORS_MIN,0x00002000)			\
>  		/* Sets max_sectors to arch min */		\
>  	US_FLAG(BULK_IGNORE_TAG,0x00004000)			\
> -		/* Ignore tag mismatch in bulk operations */
> +		/* Ignore tag mismatch in bulk operations */	\
> +	US_FLAG(SANE_SENSE,0x00008000)			\
> +		/* Need a sense size different of 18 for some cmd (SAT) */
>  
>  
>  #define US_FLAG(name, value)	US_FL_##name = value ,
> 
> 

I recommend this patch. It does exactly what's needed with minimum risk
it is even maybe over protective, with the white list. Perhaps it should
be turned to a black list instead. The old broken devices been an extincting
exception.

Boaz