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-rw-r--r--hw/scsi-disk.c16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/hw/scsi-disk.c b/hw/scsi-disk.c
index e3690ecfe8..673948c51f 100644
--- a/hw/scsi-disk.c
+++ b/hw/scsi-disk.c
@@ -1703,8 +1703,20 @@ static SCSIRequest *scsi_block_new_request(SCSIDevice *d, uint32_t tag,
case WRITE_VERIFY_10:
case WRITE_VERIFY_12:
case WRITE_VERIFY_16:
- return scsi_req_alloc(&scsi_disk_reqops, &s->qdev, tag, lun,
- hba_private);
+ /* MMC writing cannot be done via pread/pwrite, because it sometimes
+ * involves writing beyond the maximum LBA or to negative LBA (lead-in).
+ * And once you do these writes, reading from the block device is
+ * unreliable, too. It is even possible that reads deliver random data
+ * from the host page cache (this is probably a Linux bug).
+ *
+ * We might use scsi_disk_reqops as long as no writing commands are
+ * seen, but performance usually isn't paramount on optical media. So,
+ * just make scsi-block operate the same as scsi-generic for them.
+ */
+ if (s->qdev.type != TYPE_ROM) {
+ return scsi_req_alloc(&scsi_disk_reqops, &s->qdev, tag, lun,
+ hba_private);
+ }
}
return scsi_req_alloc(&scsi_generic_req_ops, &s->qdev, tag, lun,