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authorTobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>2017-02-22 17:12:36 +1100
committerJens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>2017-02-22 11:54:49 -0700
commitf0889638456b2da341f35f3c841adfe4bdb88e5c (patch)
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parent77039b96316d119cea23f48b617103d50e78b840 (diff)
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cciss: Fix checkpatch TRAILING_WHITESPACE
Checkpatch emits 85 trailing whitespace warnings. Remove trailing whitespace. Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc> Acked-by: Don Brace <don.brace@microsemi.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c170
1 files changed, 85 insertions, 85 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c b/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c
index a18de9d727b0..2b8cfd4c81ce 100644
--- a/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/block/cciss_scsi.c
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
* 02111-1307, USA.
*
* Questions/Comments/Bugfixes to iss_storagedev@hp.com
- *
+ *
* Author: Stephen M. Cameron
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_CISS_SCSI_TAPE
-/* Here we have code to present the driver as a scsi driver
- as it is simultaneously presented as a block driver. The
+/* Here we have code to present the driver as a scsi driver
+ as it is simultaneously presented as a block driver. The
reason for doing this is to allow access to SCSI tape drives
- through the array controller. Note in particular, neither
+ through the array controller. Note in particular, neither
physical nor logical disks are presented through the scsi layer. */
#include <linux/timer.h>
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
#include <scsi/scsi_cmnd.h>
#include <scsi/scsi_device.h>
-#include <scsi/scsi_host.h>
+#include <scsi/scsi_host.h>
#include "cciss_scsi.h"
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ struct cciss_scsi_adapter_data_t {
struct cciss_scsi_cmd_stack_t cmd_stack;
SGDescriptor_struct **cmd_sg_list;
int registered;
- spinlock_t lock; // to protect ccissscsi[ctlr];
+ spinlock_t lock; // to protect ccissscsi[ctlr];
};
#define CPQ_TAPE_LOCK(h, flags) spin_lock_irqsave( \
@@ -143,36 +143,36 @@ scsi_cmd_alloc(ctlr_info_t *h)
u64bit temp64;
sa = h->scsi_ctlr;
- stk = &sa->cmd_stack;
+ stk = &sa->cmd_stack;
- if (stk->top < 0)
+ if (stk->top < 0)
return NULL;
- c = stk->elem[stk->top];
+ c = stk->elem[stk->top];
/* memset(c, 0, sizeof(*c)); */
memset(&c->cmd, 0, sizeof(c->cmd));
memset(&c->Err, 0, sizeof(c->Err));
/* set physical addr of cmd and addr of scsi parameters */
- c->cmd.busaddr = c->busaddr;
+ c->cmd.busaddr = c->busaddr;
c->cmd.cmdindex = c->cmdindex;
- /* (__u32) (stk->cmd_pool_handle +
+ /* (__u32) (stk->cmd_pool_handle +
(sizeof(struct cciss_scsi_cmd_stack_elem_t)*stk->top)); */
temp64.val = (__u64) (c->busaddr + sizeof(CommandList_struct));
- /* (__u64) (stk->cmd_pool_handle +
+ /* (__u64) (stk->cmd_pool_handle +
(sizeof(struct cciss_scsi_cmd_stack_elem_t)*stk->top) +
sizeof(CommandList_struct)); */
stk->top--;
c->cmd.ErrDesc.Addr.lower = temp64.val32.lower;
c->cmd.ErrDesc.Addr.upper = temp64.val32.upper;
c->cmd.ErrDesc.Len = sizeof(ErrorInfo_struct);
-
+
c->cmd.ctlr = h->ctlr;
c->cmd.err_info = &c->Err;
return (CommandList_struct *) c;
}
-static void
+static void
scsi_cmd_free(ctlr_info_t *h, CommandList_struct *c)
{
/* assume only one process in here at a time, locking done by caller. */
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ scsi_cmd_free(ctlr_info_t *h, CommandList_struct *c)
struct cciss_scsi_cmd_stack_t *stk;
sa = h->scsi_ctlr;
- stk = &sa->cmd_stack;
+ stk = &sa->cmd_stack;
stk->top++;
if (stk->top >= stk->nelems) {
dev_err(&h->pdev->dev,
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ scsi_cmd_stack_setup(ctlr_info_t *h, struct cciss_scsi_adapter_data_t *sa)
}
for (i = 0; i < stk->nelems; i++) {
stk->elem[i] = &stk->pool[i];
- stk->elem[i]->busaddr = (__u32) (stk->cmd_pool_handle +
+ stk->elem[i]->busaddr = (__u32) (stk->cmd_pool_handle +
(sizeof(struct cciss_scsi_cmd_stack_elem_t) * i));
stk->elem[i]->cmdindex = i;
}
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ scsi_cmd_stack_free(ctlr_info_t *h)
size_t size;
sa = h->scsi_ctlr;
- stk = &sa->cmd_stack;
+ stk = &sa->cmd_stack;
if (stk->top != stk->nelems-1) {
dev_warn(&h->pdev->dev,
"bug: %d scsi commands are still outstanding.\n",
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ print_cmd(CommandList_struct *cp)
printk("queue:%d\n", cp->Header.ReplyQueue);
printk("sglist:%d\n", cp->Header.SGList);
printk("sgtot:%d\n", cp->Header.SGTotal);
- printk("Tag:0x%08x/0x%08x\n", cp->Header.Tag.upper,
+ printk("Tag:0x%08x/0x%08x\n", cp->Header.Tag.upper,
cp->Header.Tag.lower);
printk("LUN:0x%8phN\n", cp->Header.LUN.LunAddrBytes);
printk("CDBLen:%d\n", cp->Request.CDBLen);
@@ -275,8 +275,8 @@ print_cmd(CommandList_struct *cp)
printk(" Dir:%d\n",cp->Request.Type.Direction);
printk("Timeout:%d\n",cp->Request.Timeout);
printk("CDB: %16ph\n", cp->Request.CDB);
- printk("edesc.Addr: 0x%08x/0%08x, Len = %d\n",
- cp->ErrDesc.Addr.upper, cp->ErrDesc.Addr.lower,
+ printk("edesc.Addr: 0x%08x/0%08x, Len = %d\n",
+ cp->ErrDesc.Addr.upper, cp->ErrDesc.Addr.lower,
cp->ErrDesc.Len);
printk("sgs..........Errorinfo:\n");
printk("scsistatus:%d\n", cp->err_info->ScsiStatus);
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ print_cmd(CommandList_struct *cp)
}
#endif
-static int
+static int
find_bus_target_lun(ctlr_info_t *h, int *bus, int *target, int *lun)
{
/* finds an unused bus, target, lun for a new device */
@@ -299,24 +299,24 @@ find_bus_target_lun(ctlr_info_t *h, int *bus, int *target, int *lun)
memset(&target_taken[0], 0, CCISS_MAX_SCSI_DEVS_PER_HBA);
- target_taken[SELF_SCSI_ID] = 1;
+ target_taken[SELF_SCSI_ID] = 1;
for (i = 0; i < ccissscsi[h->ctlr].ndevices; i++)
target_taken[ccissscsi[h->ctlr].dev[i].target] = 1;
-
+
for (i = 0; i < CCISS_MAX_SCSI_DEVS_PER_HBA; i++) {
if (!target_taken[i]) {
*bus = 0; *target=i; *lun = 0; found=1;
break;
}
}
- return (!found);
+ return (!found);
}
struct scsi2map {
char scsi3addr[8];
int bus, target, lun;
};
-static int
+static int
cciss_scsi_add_entry(ctlr_info_t *h, int hostno,
struct cciss_scsi_dev_t *device,
struct scsi2map *added, int *nadded)
@@ -381,8 +381,8 @@ cciss_scsi_add_entry(ctlr_info_t *h, int hostno,
ccissscsi[h->ctlr].ndevices++;
- /* initially, (before registering with scsi layer) we don't
- know our hostno and we don't want to print anything first
+ /* initially, (before registering with scsi layer) we don't
+ know our hostno and we don't want to print anything first
time anyway (the scsi layer's inquiries will show that info) */
if (hostno != -1)
dev_info(&h->pdev->dev, "%s device c%db%dt%dl%d added.\n",
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ adjust_cciss_scsi_table(ctlr_info_t *h, int hostno,
/* sd contains scsi3 addresses and devtypes, but
bus target and lun are not filled in. This funciton
takes what's in sd to be the current and adjusts
- ccissscsi[] to be in line with what's in sd. */
+ ccissscsi[] to be in line with what's in sd. */
int i,j, found, changes=0;
struct cciss_scsi_dev_t *csd;
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ adjust_cciss_scsi_table(ctlr_info_t *h, int hostno,
if (hostno != -1) /* if it's not the first time... */
sh = h->scsi_ctlr->scsi_host;
- /* find any devices in ccissscsi[] that are not in
+ /* find any devices in ccissscsi[] that are not in
sd[] and remove them from ccissscsi[] */
i = 0;
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ adjust_cciss_scsi_table(ctlr_info_t *h, int hostno,
}
}
- if (found == 0) { /* device no longer present. */
+ if (found == 0) { /* device no longer present. */
changes++;
cciss_scsi_remove_entry(h, hostno, i,
removed, &nremoved);
@@ -641,14 +641,14 @@ lookup_scsi3addr(ctlr_info_t *h, int bus, int target, int lun, char *scsi3addr)
return -1;
}
-static void
+static void
cciss_scsi_setup(ctlr_info_t *h)
{
struct cciss_scsi_adapter_data_t * shba;
ccissscsi[h->ctlr].ndevices = 0;
shba = (struct cciss_scsi_adapter_data_t *)
- kmalloc(sizeof(*shba), GFP_KERNEL);
+ kmalloc(sizeof(*shba), GFP_KERNEL);
if (shba == NULL)
return;
shba->scsi_host = NULL;
@@ -693,20 +693,20 @@ static void complete_scsi_command(CommandList_struct *c, int timeout,
/* copy the sense data whether we need to or not. */
- memcpy(cmd->sense_buffer, ei->SenseInfo,
+ memcpy(cmd->sense_buffer, ei->SenseInfo,
ei->SenseLen > SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE ?
- SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE :
+ SCSI_SENSE_BUFFERSIZE :
ei->SenseLen);
scsi_set_resid(cmd, ei->ResidualCnt);
- if(ei->CommandStatus != 0)
- { /* an error has occurred */
+ if(ei->CommandStatus != 0)
+ { /* an error has occurred */
switch(ei->CommandStatus)
{
case CMD_TARGET_STATUS:
/* Pass it up to the upper layers... */
if (!ei->ScsiStatus) {
-
+
/* Ordinarily, this case should never happen, but there is a bug
in some released firmware revisions that allows it to happen
if, for example, a 4100 backplane loses power and the tape
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ static void complete_scsi_command(CommandList_struct *c, int timeout,
print_cmd(c);
*/
/* We get CMD_INVALID if you address a non-existent tape drive instead
- of a selection timeout (no response). You will see this if you yank
+ of a selection timeout (no response). You will see this if you yank
out a tape drive, then try to access it. This is kind of a shame
because it means that any other CMD_INVALID (e.g. driver bug) will
get interpreted as a missing target. */
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ static void complete_scsi_command(CommandList_struct *c, int timeout,
cmd->result = DID_ERROR << 16;
dev_warn(&h->pdev->dev,
"%p returned unknown status %x\n", c,
- ei->CommandStatus);
+ ei->CommandStatus);
}
}
cmd->scsi_done(cmd);
@@ -796,15 +796,15 @@ cciss_scsi_detect(ctlr_info_t *h)
sh = scsi_host_alloc(&cciss_driver_template, sizeof(struct ctlr_info *));
if (sh == NULL)
goto fail;
- sh->io_port = 0; // good enough? FIXME,
+ sh->io_port = 0; // good enough? FIXME,
sh->n_io_port = 0; // I don't think we use these two...
- sh->this_id = SELF_SCSI_ID;
+ sh->this_id = SELF_SCSI_ID;
sh->can_queue = cciss_tape_cmds;
sh->sg_tablesize = h->maxsgentries;
sh->max_cmd_len = MAX_COMMAND_SIZE;
sh->max_sectors = h->cciss_max_sectors;
- ((struct cciss_scsi_adapter_data_t *)
+ ((struct cciss_scsi_adapter_data_t *)
h->scsi_ctlr)->scsi_host = sh;
sh->hostdata[0] = (unsigned long) h;
sh->irq = h->intr[SIMPLE_MODE_INT];
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ cciss_map_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
static int
cciss_scsi_do_simple_cmd(ctlr_info_t *h,
CommandList_struct *c,
- unsigned char *scsi3addr,
+ unsigned char *scsi3addr,
unsigned char *cdb,
unsigned char cdblen,
unsigned char *buf, int bufsize,
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ cciss_scsi_do_simple_cmd(ctlr_info_t *h,
c->Header.Tag.lower = c->busaddr; /* Use k. address of cmd as tag */
// Fill in the request block...
- /* printk("Using scsi3addr 0x%02x%0x2%0x2%0x2%0x2%0x2%0x2%0x2\n",
+ /* printk("Using scsi3addr 0x%02x%0x2%0x2%0x2%0x2%0x2%0x2%0x2\n",
scsi3addr[0], scsi3addr[1], scsi3addr[2], scsi3addr[3],
scsi3addr[4], scsi3addr[5], scsi3addr[6], scsi3addr[7]); */
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ cciss_scsi_do_simple_cmd(ctlr_info_t *h,
/* Fill in the SG list and do dma mapping */
cciss_map_one(h->pdev, c, (unsigned char *) buf,
- bufsize, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+ bufsize, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
c->waiting = &wait;
enqueue_cmd_and_start_io(h, c);
@@ -896,7 +896,7 @@ cciss_scsi_do_simple_cmd(ctlr_info_t *h,
return(0);
}
-static void
+static void
cciss_scsi_interpret_error(ctlr_info_t *h, CommandList_struct *c)
{
ErrorInfo_struct *ei;
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ cciss_scsi_do_inquiry(ctlr_info_t *h, unsigned char *scsi3addr,
if (rc != 0) return rc; /* something went wrong */
- if (ei->CommandStatus != 0 &&
+ if (ei->CommandStatus != 0 &&
ei->CommandStatus != CMD_DATA_UNDERRUN) {
cciss_scsi_interpret_error(h, c);
rc = -1;
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ cciss_scsi_do_inquiry(ctlr_info_t *h, unsigned char *scsi3addr,
spin_lock_irqsave(&h->lock, flags);
scsi_cmd_free(h, c);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&h->lock, flags);
- return rc;
+ return rc;
}
/* Get the device id from inquiry page 0x83 */
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ cciss_scsi_do_report_phys_luns(ctlr_info_t *h,
int rc;
CommandList_struct *c;
unsigned char cdb[12];
- unsigned char scsi3addr[8];
+ unsigned char scsi3addr[8];
ErrorInfo_struct *ei;
unsigned long flags;
@@ -1069,14 +1069,14 @@ cciss_scsi_do_report_phys_luns(ctlr_info_t *h,
cdb[11] = 0;
rc = cciss_scsi_do_simple_cmd(h, c, scsi3addr,
- cdb, 12,
- (unsigned char *) buf,
+ cdb, 12,
+ (unsigned char *) buf,
bufsize, XFER_READ);
if (rc != 0) return rc; /* something went wrong */
ei = c->err_info;
- if (ei->CommandStatus != 0 &&
+ if (ei->CommandStatus != 0 &&
ei->CommandStatus != CMD_DATA_UNDERRUN) {
cciss_scsi_interpret_error(h, c);
rc = -1;
@@ -1084,36 +1084,36 @@ cciss_scsi_do_report_phys_luns(ctlr_info_t *h,
spin_lock_irqsave(&h->lock, flags);
scsi_cmd_free(h, c);
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&h->lock, flags);
- return rc;
+ return rc;
}
static void
cciss_update_non_disk_devices(ctlr_info_t *h, int hostno)
{
/* the idea here is we could get notified from /proc
- that some devices have changed, so we do a report
- physical luns cmd, and adjust our list of devices
+ that some devices have changed, so we do a report
+ physical luns cmd, and adjust our list of devices
accordingly. (We can't rely on the scsi-mid layer just
- doing inquiries, because the "busses" that the scsi
+ doing inquiries, because the "busses" that the scsi
mid-layer probes are totally fabricated by this driver,
so new devices wouldn't show up.
- the scsi3addr's of devices won't change so long as the
- adapter is not reset. That means we can rescan and
- tell which devices we already know about, vs. new
+ the scsi3addr's of devices won't change so long as the
+ adapter is not reset. That means we can rescan and
+ tell which devices we already know about, vs. new
devices, vs. disappearing devices.
Also, if you yank out a tape drive, then put in a disk
- in it's place, (say, a configured volume from another
- array controller for instance) _don't_ poke this driver
- (so it thinks it's still a tape, but _do_ poke the scsi
- mid layer, so it does an inquiry... the scsi mid layer
+ in it's place, (say, a configured volume from another
+ array controller for instance) _don't_ poke this driver
+ (so it thinks it's still a tape, but _do_ poke the scsi
+ mid layer, so it does an inquiry... the scsi mid layer
will see the physical disk. This would be bad. Need to
- think about how to prevent that. One idea would be to
+ think about how to prevent that. One idea would be to
snoop all scsi responses and if an inquiry repsonse comes
back that reports a disk, chuck it an return selection
timeout instead and adjust our table... Not sure i like
- that though.
+ that though.
*/
#define OBDR_TAPE_INQ_SIZE 49
@@ -1141,9 +1141,9 @@ cciss_update_non_disk_devices(ctlr_info_t *h, int hostno)
ch = &ld_buff->LUNListLength[0];
num_luns = ((ch[0]<<24) | (ch[1]<<16) | (ch[2]<<8) | ch[3]) / 8;
if (num_luns > CISS_MAX_PHYS_LUN) {
- printk(KERN_WARNING
+ printk(KERN_WARNING
"cciss: Maximum physical LUNs (%d) exceeded. "
- "%d LUNs ignored.\n", CISS_MAX_PHYS_LUN,
+ "%d LUNs ignored.\n", CISS_MAX_PHYS_LUN,
num_luns - CISS_MAX_PHYS_LUN);
num_luns = CISS_MAX_PHYS_LUN;
}
@@ -1154,7 +1154,7 @@ cciss_update_non_disk_devices(ctlr_info_t *h, int hostno)
}
- /* adjust our table of devices */
+ /* adjust our table of devices */
for (i = 0; i < num_luns; i++) {
/* for each physical lun, do an inquiry */
if (ld_buff->LUN[i][3] & 0xC0) continue;
@@ -1213,7 +1213,7 @@ cciss_update_non_disk_devices(ctlr_info_t *h, int hostno)
currentsd[ncurrent] = *this_device;
ncurrent++;
break;
- default:
+ default:
break;
}
}
@@ -1258,8 +1258,8 @@ cciss_scsi_write_info(struct Scsi_Host *sh,
return -EINVAL;
return cciss_scsi_user_command(h, sh->host_no,
- buffer, length);
-}
+ buffer, length);
+}
static int
cciss_scsi_show_info(struct seq_file *m, struct Scsi_Host *sh)
@@ -1297,8 +1297,8 @@ cciss_scsi_show_info(struct seq_file *m, struct Scsi_Host *sh)
return 0;
}
-/* cciss_scatter_gather takes a struct scsi_cmnd, (cmd), and does the pci
- dma mapping and fills in the scatter gather entries of the
+/* cciss_scatter_gather takes a struct scsi_cmnd, (cmd), and does the pci
+ dma mapping and fills in the scatter gather entries of the
cciss command, c. */
static void cciss_scatter_gather(ctlr_info_t *h, CommandList_struct *c,
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@ cciss_scsi_queue_command_lck(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, void (*done)(struct scsi_cmn
// Fill in the command list header
- cmd->scsi_done = done; // save this for use by completion code
+ cmd->scsi_done = done; // save this for use by completion code
/* save c in case we have to abort it */
cmd->host_scribble = (unsigned char *) c;
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ cciss_scsi_queue_command_lck(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, void (*done)(struct scsi_cmn
c->Header.ReplyQueue = 0; /* unused in simple mode */
memcpy(&c->Header.LUN.LunAddrBytes[0], &scsi3addr[0], 8);
c->Header.Tag.lower = c->busaddr; /* Use k. address of cmd as tag */
-
+
// Fill in the request block...
c->Request.Timeout = 0;
@@ -1432,15 +1432,15 @@ cciss_scsi_queue_command_lck(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, void (*done)(struct scsi_cmn
c->Request.Type.Direction = XFER_RSVD;
// This is technically wrong, and cciss controllers should
- // reject it with CMD_INVALID, which is the most correct
- // response, but non-fibre backends appear to let it
+ // reject it with CMD_INVALID, which is the most correct
+ // response, but non-fibre backends appear to let it
// slide by, and give the same results as if this field
// were set correctly. Either way is acceptable for
// our purposes here.
break;
- default:
+ default:
dev_warn(&h->pdev->dev, "unknown data direction: %d\n",
cmd->sc_data_direction);
BUG();
@@ -1464,9 +1464,9 @@ static void cciss_unregister_scsi(ctlr_info_t *h)
spin_lock_irqsave(&h->lock, flags);
sa = h->scsi_ctlr;
- stk = &sa->cmd_stack;
+ stk = &sa->cmd_stack;
- /* if we weren't ever actually registered, don't unregister */
+ /* if we weren't ever actually registered, don't unregister */
if (sa->registered) {
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&h->lock, flags);
scsi_remove_host(sa->scsi_host);
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ static void cciss_unregister_scsi(ctlr_info_t *h)
spin_lock_irqsave(&h->lock, flags);
}
- /* set scsi_host to NULL so our detect routine will
+ /* set scsi_host to NULL so our detect routine will
find us on register */
sa->scsi_host = NULL;
spin_unlock_irqrestore(&h->lock, flags);
@@ -1490,7 +1490,7 @@ static int cciss_engage_scsi(ctlr_info_t *h)
spin_lock_irqsave(&h->lock, flags);
sa = h->scsi_ctlr;
- stk = &sa->cmd_stack;
+ stk = &sa->cmd_stack;
if (sa->registered) {
dev_info(&h->pdev->dev, "SCSI subsystem already engaged.\n");
@@ -1586,13 +1586,13 @@ retry_tur:
return rc;
}
-/* Need at least one of these error handlers to keep ../scsi/hosts.c from
- * complaining. Doing a host- or bus-reset can't do anything good here.
+/* Need at least one of these error handlers to keep ../scsi/hosts.c from
+ * complaining. Doing a host- or bus-reset can't do anything good here.
* Despite what it might say in scsi_error.c, there may well be commands
* on the controller, as the cciss driver registers twice, once as a block
* device for the logical drives, and once as a scsi device, for any tape
* drives. So we know there are no commands out on the tape drives, but we
- * don't know there are no commands on the controller, and it is likely
+ * don't know there are no commands on the controller, and it is likely
* that there probably are, as the cciss block device is most commonly used
* as a boot device (embedded controller on HP/Compaq systems.)
*/