1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 1221d2ca0c64..221f31e36d26 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -1993,3 +1993,31 @@ int scsi_get_sense_info_fld(const u8 * sense_buffer, int sb_len,
         }
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_get_sense_info_fld);
+
+/**
+ * scsi_build_sense_buffer - build sense data in a buffer
+ * @desc:       Sense format (non zero == descriptor format,
+ *              0 == fixed format)
+ * @buf:        Where to build sense data
+ * @key:        Sense key
+ * @asc:        Additional sense code
+ * @ascq:       Additional sense code qualifier
+ *
+ **/
+void scsi_build_sense_buffer(int desc, u8 *buf, u8 key, u8 asc, u8 ascq)
+{
+        if (desc) {
+                buf[0] = 0x72;  /* descriptor, current */
+                buf[1] = key;
+                buf[2] = asc;
+                buf[3] = ascq;
+                buf[7] = 0;
+        } else {
+                buf[0] = 0x70;  /* fixed, current */
+                buf[2] = key;
+                buf[7] = 0xa;
+                buf[12] = asc;
+                buf[13] = ascq;
+        }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_build_sense_buffer);