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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/scsi/st.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/scsi/st.c | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.c b/drivers/scsi/st.c index 0d8ce1a92168..d50bad3a2ce9 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/st.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c @@ -834,6 +834,9 @@ static int flush_buffer(struct scsi_tape *STp, int seek_next) int backspace, result; struct st_partstat *STps; + if (STp->ready != ST_READY) + return 0; + /* * If there was a bus reset, block further access * to this device. @@ -841,8 +844,6 @@ static int flush_buffer(struct scsi_tape *STp, int seek_next) if (STp->pos_unknown) return (-EIO); - if (STp->ready != ST_READY) - return 0; STps = &(STp->ps[STp->partition]); if (STps->rw == ST_WRITING) /* Writing */ return st_flush_write_buffer(STp); |