[SCSI] scsi_mid_low_api.txt recommend resid usage
authorDouglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>
Fri, 24 Dec 2010 02:40:37 +0000 (21:40 -0500)
committerJames Bottomley <James.Bottomley@suse.de>
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:21:39 +0000 (12:21 -0600)
commit75c65a5edaa8b815c1428314eaf696788f1ebbdb
treebdb28de023e48dcc0f848bf8fb55310a9caa0322
parent4977c82504f58d7579acabd21688183eaa8768fb
[SCSI] scsi_mid_low_api.txt recommend resid usage

As discussed in a thread on this list titled:
    "RFC: short reads on block devices"
this patch adds recommendations for LLDs to set resid
when there might be uncertainty about how much data
has been returned by a device.

This patch inline and attached] is against scsi-misc-2.6.git

Signed-off-by: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>
Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@suse.de>
Documentation/scsi/scsi_mid_low_api.txt