Re: [PATCH] scsi: core: Add BLIST_NO_ASK_VPD_SIZE for some VDASD

[Bart Van Assche]

On 9/28/22 11:13, Lee Duncan wrote:
> Some storage, such as AIX VDASD (virtual storage) and IBM 2076
> (front end) do not like the recent commit:
>
> commit c92a6b5d6335 ("scsi: core: Query VPD size before getting full page")
>
> That commit changed getting SCSI VPD pages so that we now read
> just enough of the page to get the actual page size, then read
> the whole page in a second read. The problem is that the above
> mentioned hardware returns zero for the page size, because of
> a firmware error. In such cases, until the firmware is fixed,
> this new black flag says to revert to the original method of
> reading the VPD pages, i.e. try to read as a whole buffer's
> worth on the first try.

Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@xxxxxxx>