Re: [PATCH 1/2] scsi: sd: set ready_to_power_off for scsi disk

[Aaron Lu <aaron.lu@intel.com>]

On 09/14/2012 04:17 PM, James Bottomley wrote:
>> Just read the SPC-4 spec, in section 5.12.3, it has words like this:
>>
>> Logical units that contain cache memory shall write all cached data to
>> the medium for the logical unit(e.g., as a logical unit would do in
>> response to a SYNCHRONIZE CACHE command as described SBC-3) prior to
>> entering into any power condition that prevents accessing the
>> media(e.g., before a hard drive stops its spindle motor during a change
>> to the standby power condition).
>>
>> So this looks like cache needs to be synced before the device enter
>> standby/stopped power condition. Or do I miss somthing?
> 
> Um, no it says the device shall do the sync on its own (as though it
> received a sync cache).  That section says the device shall be
> responsible for cache management in the power states.

Oh, I thought it was the host software's responsibility, thanks for the
explanation.

So if we program the device to let it enter standby/stopped power
condition with the start_stop_unit command, do we need to sync the
cache?

Thanks,
Aaron