Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: PATCH: scsi_scan.c: emulate windows behavior | Date | Tue, 13 Nov 2001 23:26:27 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> This patch doesn't prevent another application from getting more INQUIRY > bytes. What it does change is how much data the SCSI scanning loop looks > for. That data is requested, and then thrown away. It's not kept around > for anything. > > If it were kept, I'd agree with you. But it's not. Some useful data is > copied out of the INQUIRY result, and then the buffer is overwritten by the > next probing request.
Ok I need to double check that. My merge of the 255 has a note saying for fixing sane, but that doesnt mean someone didnt overfix the matter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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