My application wants to detect if an error occured, but in struct sg_io_hdr sg_io, sg_io.driver_status != DRIVER_OK does not say if an error occured, and (sg_io.info& SG_INFO_OK_MASK) != SG_INFO_OK does not say if an error occured.
In http://tldp.org/HOWTO/SCSI-Generic-HOWTO/x322.html:
"A copy of these defines can be found in sg_err.h (see the utilities section):
SG_ERR_DRIVER_OK [0x00] Typically no suggestion"
Where's sg_err.h? scsi.h defines DRIVER_OK but no one defines SG_ERR_DRIVER_OK. Anyway, the real problem is that other values besides DRIVER_OK also mean driver ok.
In http://tldp.org/HOWTO/SCSI-Generic-HOWTO/x364.html:
"SG_INFO_CHECK [0x1] something abnormal happened."
Sense data is abnormal but not an error, so I don't know if an error occured.
In scsi.h:
443 #define DRIVER_OK 0x00 /* Driver status */
444
445 /*
446 * These indicate the error that occurred, and what is available.
447 */
448
449 #define DRIVER_BUSY 0x01
450 #define DRIVER_SOFT 0x02
451 #define DRIVER_MEDIA 0x03
452 #define DRIVER_ERROR 0x04
453
454 #define DRIVER_INVALID 0x05
455 #define DRIVER_TIMEOUT 0x06
456 #define DRIVER_HARD 0x07
457 #define DRIVER_SENSE 0x08
Is DRIVER_SENSE a bitwise value that can be or'ed with other values?
In libata-scsi.c
523 if (driver_byte(cmd_result) == DRIVER_SENSE) {/* sense data available */
524 u8 *desc = sensebuf + 8;
525 cmd_result&= ~(0xFF<<24); /* DRIVER_SENSE is not an error */
Line 523 does not test driver_byte(cmd_result)& DRIVER_SENSE. It looks like DRIVER_SENSE is a value all by itself, not bitwise.
In sc.c:
463 if ((CHECK_CONDITION& hp->masked_status) ||
464 (DRIVER_SENSE& hp->driver_status))
Line 464 does not test DRIVER_SENSE == hp->driver_status. It looks like DRIVER_SENSE is bitwise, not a value all by itself.
I sense inconsistency.
In sc.c:
546 if (hp->masked_status || hp->host_status || hp->driver_status)
547 hp->info |= SG_INFO_CHECK;
So even though DRIVER_SENSE is not an error, the SG_INFO_CHECK bit gets set. (The info field is undoubtedly bitwise.)
How can I really test if an error occured?
A bit more here.
In scsi.h:
217 /*
218 * SCSI Architecture Model (SAM) Status codes. Taken from SAM-3 draft
219 * T10/1561-D Revision 4 Draft dated 7th November 2002.
220 */
221 #define SAM_STAT_GOOD 0x00
222 #define SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION 0x02
223 #define SAM_STAT_CONDITION_MET 0x04
224 #define SAM_STAT_BUSY 0x08
225 #define SAM_STAT_INTERMEDIATE 0x10
226 #define SAM_STAT_INTERMEDIATE_CONDITION_MET 0x14
227 #define SAM_STAT_RESERVATION_CONFLICT 0x18
228 #define SAM_STAT_COMMAND_TERMINATED 0x22 /* obsolete in SAM-3 */
229 #define SAM_STAT_TASK_SET_FULL 0x28
230 #define SAM_STAT_ACA_ACTIVE 0x30
231 #define SAM_STAT_TASK_ABORTED 0x40
Is SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION a bitwise value? It looks like the answer is mostly no. Some of them could be, but not consistently. Did the T10 committee say if these are bitwise?
In scsi.h:
256 /*
257 * Status codes. These are deprecated as they are shifted 1 bit right
258 * from those found in the SCSI standards. This causes confusion for
259 * applications that are ported to several OSes. Prefer SAM Status codes
260 * above.
261 */
262
263 #define GOOD 0x00
264 #define CHECK_CONDITION 0x01
In sg.c:
533 if ((CHECK_CONDITION& hp->masked_status) ||
534 (DRIVER_SENSE& hp->driver_status)) {
Why doesn't sg use SAM Status codes?
Meanwhile, is CHECK_CONDITION a bitwise value? It looks like the answer is mostly no, for the same reason as SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION. These bitwise tests look like bugs.
