Re: [PATCH v6 2/4] Add support for SCT Write Same

Shaun Tancheff
2016-08-24T22:04:07Z

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 1:10 AM, Tom Yan <tom.ty89@gmail.com> wrote:
> Btw, I wonder if you need to memset your buffer with 0 first, like
> what is done in ata_scsi_rbuf_get.

It is not necessary as the defined buffer is completely filled out here.

Are you thinking as a sort of future proofing?
Ex: In the unlikely event that the SCT Write Same command
descriptor is expanded in a future ACS?

It is more likely to see the command deprecated and replaced with a
new SCT feature.

Regardless of how unlikely I would consider a memset here to clear
the remainder of the payload.