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    scsi: sd: usb_storage: uas: Access media prior to querying device properties · 321da3dc
    Martin K. Petersen authored
    It has been observed that some USB/UAS devices return generic properties
    hardcoded in firmware for mode pages for a period of time after a device
    has been discovered. The reported properties are either garbage or they do
    not accurately reflect the characteristics of the physical storage device
    attached in the case of a bridge.
    
    Prior to commit 1e029397 ("scsi: sd: Reorganize DIF/DIX code to
    avoid calling revalidate twice") we would call revalidate several
    times during device discovery. As a result, incorrect values would
    eventually get replaced with ones accurately describing the attached
    storage. When we did away with the redundant revalidate pass, several
    cases were reported where devices reported nonsensical values or would
    end up in write-protected state.
    
    An initial attempt at addressing this issue involved introducing a
    delayed second revalidate invocation. However, this approach still
    left some devices reporting incorrect characteristics.
    
    Tasos Sahanidis debugged the problem further and identified that
    introducing a READ operation prior to MODE SENSE fixed the problem and that
    it wasn't a timing issue. Issuing a READ appears to cause the devices to
    update their state to reflect the actual properties of the storage
    media. Device properties like vendor, model, and storage capacity appear to
    be correctly reported from the get-go. It is unclear why these devices
    defer populating the remaining characteristics.
    
    Match the behavior of a well known commercial operating system and
    trigger a READ operation prior to querying device characteristics to
    force the device to populate the mode pages.
    
    The additional READ is triggered by a flag set in the USB storage and
    UAS drivers. We avoid issuing the READ for other transport classes
    since some storage devices identify Linux through our particular
    discovery command sequence.
    
    Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240213143306.2194237-1-martin.petersen@oracle.com
    Fixes: 1e029397 ("scsi: sd: Reorganize DIF/DIX code to avoid calling revalidate twice")
    Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
    Reported-by: default avatarTasos Sahanidis <tasos@tasossah.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarEwan D. Milne <emilne@redhat.com>
    Reviewed-by: default avatarBart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
    Tested-by: default avatarTasos Sahanidis <tasos@tasossah.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMartin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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