On 14 Apr 2021, Maciej W. Rozycki stated: > Set the allocation length to 255 for the ATA Information VPD page > requested in the WRITE SAME handler, so as not to limit information > examined by `scsi_get_vpd_page' in the supported vital product data > pages unnecessarily. > > Originally it was thought that Areca hardware may have issues with a > valid allocation length supplied for a VPD inquiry, however older SCSI > standard revisions[1] consider 255 the maximum length allowed and what
Aaaah. That explains a lot! (Not that I can remember what SCSI standard rev that Areca firmware claimed to implement. I know I never updated the firmware, so it's going to be something no newer than mid-2009 and probably quite a bit older.) > Nix, > > I can see you're still around. Would you therefore please be so kind > as to verify this change with your Areca hardware if you still have it? It's been up in the loft for years, but I'll get it out this weekend and give it a spin :) this'll let me make sure the disks still spin as well, which matters for an in-case-of-lightning-strike disaster-recovery backup box. (I just hope this kernel boots on it at all. It's about three years since I retired it... let's see!) > It looks to me like you were thinking in the right direction with: > <https://lore.kernel.org/linux-scsi/87vc3nuipg....@spindle.srvr.nix/>. It's the sort of mistake I could see myself making: an easy mistake to make when so many things in C require buffer size - 1 or you get a disastrous security hole... -- NULL && (void)
