From 9f51fa1971239fa85099e7480d4e9ba66eb0f469 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Kai=20M=C3=A4kisara?= Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:25:15 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] scsi: st: ERASE does not change tape location MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit [ Upstream commit ad77cebf97bd42c93ab4e3bffd09f2b905c1959a ] The SCSI ERASE command erases from the current position onwards. Don't clear the position variables. Signed-off-by: Kai Mäkisara Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250311112516.5548-3-Kai.Makisara@kolumbus.fi Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- drivers/scsi/st.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/st.c b/drivers/scsi/st.c index 293074f30906..fb193caa4a3f 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/st.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/st.c @@ -2895,7 +2895,6 @@ static int st_int_ioctl(struct scsi_tape *STp, unsigned int cmd_in, unsigned lon timeout = STp->long_timeout * 8; DEBC_printk(STp, "Erasing tape.\n"); - fileno = blkno = at_sm = 0; break; case MTSETBLK: /* Set block length */ case MTSETDENSITY: /* Set tape density */