[stgt] [PATCH 0/2] Fix Windows iscsi initiator's formatting failures

[FUJITA Tomonori]

On Fri, 31 May 2013 01:19:44 +0300
nezhinsky at gmail.com wrote:

> From: Alexander Nezhinsky <nezhinsky at gmail.com>
> 
> Windows iscsi initiator failed to format devices because in read
> scsi commands, mainly READ(10), the last (but not the first) Data-IN
> pdu contained zero buffer offset. Obviously this may happen only
> with relatively small MaxRecvDSL, and relatively large cmd sizes,
> so that multiple Data-IN pdus are sent and the last one carrying
> the GOOD status. Linux sets much larger values of MaxRecvDSL than
> Windows, and employes relaxed checks of pdu correctness.
> It seems that it relies on DataSN and disregards buffer offset.
> 
> The fix was to handle data-in with status and scsi resp separately.
> In addition a rectification is made for the tx pdu generation.
> 
> Alexander Nezhinsky (2):
>   Fix buffer_offset set to 0 in the last Data-IN carrying status
>   Create tx pdu by explicit scsi cmd type (rd,wr,bidir)
> 
>  usr/iscsi/iscsid.c |   43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

You confirmed that Windows format works with this patch?
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