Re: LIBATA SCSI command validation changed in 2.6.24

Jeff Garzik
2008-01-11T21:35:28Z

Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> commit 607126c2a21cd6e9bb807fdd415c1a992f7b9009 changed command validation
> to allow short commands in 16-byte CDBs, but it also made checking more
> strict. Before the change, a 10-byte SG_IO command could have its length set
> to 9 and still work. Now it fails. Not sure if this is a bug, but it has
> caused at least one application to fail that used to work (qpxtool.)
>
> [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428281]

Can you get us an example CDB? Its unclear if the hexdump in the bug
report is a returned mode page or the CDB or what...?

Jeff