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-rw-r--r--drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c13
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
index a43b9ec..7757e55 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
@@ -654,6 +654,19 @@ static int scsi_probe_lun(struct scsi_device *sdev, unsigned char *inq_result,
* short INQUIRY), an abort here prevents any further use of the
* device, including spin up.
*
+ * On the whole, the best approach seems to be to assume the first
+ * 36 bytes are valid no matter what the device says. That's
+ * better than copying < 36 bytes to the inquiry-result buffer
+ * and displaying garbage for the Vendor, Product, or Revision
+ * strings.
+ */
+ if (sdev->inquiry_len < 36) {
+ printk(KERN_INFO "scsi scan: INQUIRY result too short (%d),"
+ " using 36\n", sdev->inquiry_len);
+ sdev->inquiry_len = 36;
+ }
+
+ /*
* Related to the above issue:
*
* XXX Devices (disk or all?) should be sent a TEST UNIT READY,