linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: scsi: storvsc: Add blist flags

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Message-ID: <20140721112704.GA15455@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 21 Jul 2014 04:27:04 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, ohering@...e.com, apw@...onical.com,
	jasowang@...hat.com, jbottomley@...allels.com, hch@...radead.org,
	linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: scsi: storvsc: Add blist flags

On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 08:33:42PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> Add blist flags to permit the reading of the VPD pages even when
> the target may claim SPC-2 compliance. MSFT targets currently
> claim SPC-2 compliance while they implement post SPC-2 features.
> With this patch we can correctly handle WRITE_SAME_16 issues.
> 
> Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>

This looks way to complicated - should be a single line added to your
slave_configure function, maybe plus a comment stating what you do
in your commit message:


	sdev->sdev_bflags |= BLIST_TRY_VPD_PAGES;

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