[PATCH v3 3/3] cdrom: gdrom: verify device access after disc swap

Florian Fuchs
2026-04-23T20:21:04Z

From: Artur Rojek <contact@artur-rojek.eu>

To ready the drive for cdrom_open(), this driver sends a spin disc
command. However, if the cd lid has been opened and the disc de-spinned,
the very next SPI command will return UNIT_ATTENTION sense error,
resulting in a failure to mount the disc.

Fix this by sending a dummy TEST_UNIT command, which will catch the
above error, and allow subsequent commands to execute correctly.

Signed-off-by: Artur Rojek <contact@artur-rojek.eu>
Signed-off-by: Florian Fuchs <fuchsfl@gmail.com>
---
v3: new patch added from Artur Rojek and also verified that it works.

drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
index 1e73617b39ac..21ef4657dd2b 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
@@ -219,6 +219,33 @@ static char gdrom_execute_diagnostic(void)
return __raw_readb(GDROM_ERROR_REG);
}

+/*
+ * Test unit command
+ * byte 0 = 0x0
+ *
+ * This command verifies whether device can be accessed.
+ *
+ * -EIO indicates that device is not ready for operation.
+ */
+static int gdrom_test_unit_cmd(void)
+{
+ struct packet_command *test_command;
+
+ test_command = kzalloc_obj(struct packet_command);
+ if (!test_command)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ test_command->cmd[0] = 0x0;
+ test_command->buflen = 0;
+ gd.pending = 1;
+ gdrom_packetcommand(gd.cd_info, test_command);
+ wait_event_interruptible_timeout(command_queue, gd.pending == 0,
+ GDROM_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT);
+ gd.pending = 0;
+ kfree(test_command);
+
+ return gd.status & 0x1 ? -EIO : 0;
+}
+
/*
* Prepare disk command
* byte 0 = 0x70
@@ -353,6 +380,9 @@ static int gdrom_get_last_session(struct cdrom_device_info *cd_info,

static int gdrom_open(struct cdrom_device_info *cd_info, int purpose)
{
+ /* Sink pending UNIT_ATTENTION sense error after a disc swap. */
+ (void)gdrom_test_unit_cmd();
+
/* spin up the disk */
return gdrom_preparedisk_cmd();
}
--
2.43.0