From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753340AbcHOSPD (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:15:03 -0400 Received: from verein.lst.de ([213.95.11.211]:58006 "EHLO newverein.lst.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753157AbcHOSPB (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:15:01 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:14:57 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Shaun Tancheff Cc: Adrian Hunter , Jens Axboe , Christoph Hellwig , Ulf Hansson , linux-mmc@vger.kernel.org, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, LKML , Josh Bingaman Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: Fix secure erase Message-ID: <20160815181457.GA9781@lst.de> References: <20160811140533.GA16543@lst.de> <1471270071-28921-1-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 11:43:12AM -0500, Shaun Tancheff wrote: > Hmm ... Since REQ_SECURE implied REQ_DISCARD doesn't this > mean that we should include REQ_OP_SECURE_ERASE checking > wherever REQ_OP_DISCARD is being checked now in drivers/scsi/sd.c ? > > (It's only in 3 spots so it's a quickie patch) SCSI doesn't support secure erase operations. Only MMC really supports it, plus the usual cargo culting in Xen blkfront that's probably never been tested..