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From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
To: Haoqian He <haoqian.he@smartx.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	"James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (open list),
	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org (open list:SCSI SUBSYSTEM),
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@oracle.com>,
	fengli@smartx.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] scsi: sd: disable discard when set target full provisioning
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 22:31:07 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <yq18qyjciuj.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240702030118.2198570-2-haoqian.he@smartx.com> (Haoqian He's message of "Mon, 1 Jul 2024 23:01:14 -0400")


Haoqian,

> +	if (!sdkp->lbpvpd)
> +		/* Disable discard if LBP VPD page not provided */
> +		return SD_LBP_DISABLE;

That is not a valid assumption. Many devices which support thin
provisioning either predate the LBP VPD being defined or have decided
not to support that page. The current heuristics are very deliberate.

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering

  reply	other threads:[~2024-07-03  2:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-07-02  3:01 [PATCH 0/3] scsi: disable discard when set target full provisioning Haoqian He
2024-07-02  3:01 ` [PATCH 1/3] scsi: sd: " Haoqian He
2024-07-03  2:31   ` Martin K. Petersen [this message]
2024-07-02  3:01 ` [PATCH 2/3] scsi: sd: remove scsi_disk field lbpvpd Haoqian He
2024-07-02  3:30   ` Damien Le Moal
2024-07-02  3:01 ` [PATCH 3/3] scsi: sd: remove some redundant initialization code Haoqian He
2024-07-02  3:33   ` Damien Le Moal
2024-07-04  3:01     ` Haoqian He

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