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-rw-r--r--drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c15
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index d6f5e25e1ed8..473e00a58a8b 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -951,8 +951,19 @@ static void ata_gen_passthru_sense(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
&sense_key, &asc, &ascq);
ata_scsi_set_sense(qc->dev, cmd, sense_key, asc, ascq);
} else {
- /* ATA PASS-THROUGH INFORMATION AVAILABLE */
- ata_scsi_set_sense(qc->dev, cmd, RECOVERED_ERROR, 0, 0x1D);
+ /*
+ * ATA PASS-THROUGH INFORMATION AVAILABLE
+ *
+ * Note: we are supposed to call ata_scsi_set_sense(), which
+ * respects the D_SENSE bit, instead of unconditionally
+ * generating the sense data in descriptor format. However,
+ * because hdparm, hddtemp, and udisks incorrectly assume sense
+ * data in descriptor format, without even looking at the
+ * RESPONSE CODE field in the returned sense data (to see which
+ * format the returned sense data is in), we are stuck with
+ * being bug compatible with older kernels.
+ */
+ scsi_build_sense(cmd, 1, RECOVERED_ERROR, 0, 0x1D);
}
}