Re: [PATCH 3/3] sr: Remove in_interrupt() usage in sr_init_command().

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Date: Fri Dec 11 2020 - 12:11:05 EST


On 2020-12-04 17:48:50 [+0100], To linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> The in_interrupt() check in sr_init_command() is a leftover from the
> past, pre v2.3.16 era to be exact. Back then the ioctl() was served by
> `sr' itself and sector size changes by CDROMREADMODE2 (as noted in the
> comment) were accounted within sr's data structures which allowed a
> "lazy" reset so it could be skipped on the next request and reset back
> to the default value once the device node was closed or before a command
> from the blockqueue was issued.
>
> This does not work like that anymore. The CDROMREADMODE2 is served by
> cdrom's mmc_ioctl() function which may change the sector size but the
> `sr' driver does not learn about it and so its ->sector_size is not
> updated.
> The ioctl() resets the changed sector size back to 2048.
> sr_read_sector() also resets the sector size back to the default once it
> is done.
>
> Remove the conditional sector size update from sr_init_command() and
> sr_release() because it is not needed.
>
> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201204164803.ovwurzs3257em2rp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Any chance to get this reviewed/merged?

Sebastian