Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: scsi_debug: fix one-partition tape setup bounds

[James Bottomley]

On Wed, 2026-06-03 at 23:55 +0000, Samuel Moelius wrote:
> The tape setup path writes partition metadata one element past the
> allocated tape_blocks array when a one-partition configuration is
> selected.
> 
> That corrupts adjacent state during device initialization before any
> command is issued.

I still don't get what the actual problem is.  For a single partition
tape I can't see where scsi_debug would actually do anything with
tape_blocks[1].  What is it that you're seeing when using scsi_debug
that motivates this?

Regards,

James