[PATCH] sbp2: add ability to override hardwired blacklist

In case the blacklist with workarounds for device bugs yields a false
positive, the module load parameter can now also be used as an override
instead of an addition to the blacklist.
Signed-off-by: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.c

@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(exclusive_login, "Exclusive login to sbp2 device (default = 1)"
  *   Tell sd_mod to correct the last sector number reported by read_capacity.
  *   Avoids access beyond actual disk limits on devices with an off-by-one bug.
  *   Don't use this with devices which don't have this bug.
+ *
+ * - override internal blacklist
+ *   Instead of adding to the built-in blacklist, use only the workarounds
+ *   specified in the module load parameter.
+ *   Useful if a blacklist entry interfered with a non-broken device.
  */
 static int sbp2_default_workarounds;
 module_param_named(workarounds, sbp2_default_workarounds, int, 0644);
@@ -164,6 +169,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(workarounds, "Work around device bugs (default = 0"
 	", 36 byte inquiry = "    __stringify(SBP2_WORKAROUND_INQUIRY_36)
 	", skip mode page 8 = "   __stringify(SBP2_WORKAROUND_MODE_SENSE_8)
 	", fix capacity = "       __stringify(SBP2_WORKAROUND_FIX_CAPACITY)
+	", override internal blacklist = " __stringify(SBP2_WORKAROUND_OVERRIDE)
 	", or a combination)");
 
 /* legacy parameter */
@@ -1587,6 +1593,7 @@ static void sbp2_parse_unit_directory(struct scsi_id_instance_data *scsi_id,
 		workarounds |= SBP2_WORKAROUND_INQUIRY_36;
 	}
 
+	if (!(workarounds & SBP2_WORKAROUND_OVERRIDE))
 		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(sbp2_workarounds_table); i++) {
 			if (sbp2_workarounds_table[i].firmware_revision &&
 			    sbp2_workarounds_table[i].firmware_revision !=

drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.h

@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ struct sbp2_status_block {
 #define SBP2_WORKAROUND_INQUIRY_36	0x2
 #define SBP2_WORKAROUND_MODE_SENSE_8	0x4
 #define SBP2_WORKAROUND_FIX_CAPACITY	0x8
+#define SBP2_WORKAROUND_OVERRIDE	0x100
 
 /* This is the two dma types we use for cmd_dma below */
 enum cmd_dma_types {