linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 0/4] Add MMC erase and secure erase

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Date:	Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:10:06 +0300
From:	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...ia.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
CC:	"jens.axboe@...cle.com" <jens.axboe@...cle.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kyungmin Park <kmpark@...radead.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org>,
	Madhusudhan Chikkature <madhu.cr@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 0/4] Add MMC erase and secure erase

Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 01:01:34PM +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> Add ability to do MMC erase and secure erase operations from userspace,
>> using the BLKDISCARD ioctl and a newly created BLKSECDISCARD ioctl.
> 
> Have you done any measurement if the use of the block layer changes
> performance of the discard requests for you?

No.  For my purposes there will be only 1 discard request for the entire
device which will take several minutes to process, so block layer
performance is not a factor.

> I'd really prefer to
> send down the secure erase that way, too.  This could easily be done
> by having a DISCARD_SECURE rw flag, which just ORs another flag into
> the request type field.

Needs a bio flag, a request flag, setup the request flag based on the
bio flag, prevent merging secure and non-secure discards, prevent drivers
doing non-secure discards for secure discards.

Seems like a lot of little changes for something that no one wants.
Shouldn't it wait for someone to need it first?
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