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

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jul 2014 13:19:08 +0000
From:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
CC:	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"ohering@...e.com" <ohering@...e.com>,
	"apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>,
	"jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>,
	"jbottomley@...allels.com" <jbottomley@...allels.com>,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: scsi: storvsc: Add blist flags



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christoph Hellwig [mailto:hch@...radead.org]
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 4:27 AM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> 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;

Thanks Christoph. We can go with this. I will re-send the patch.


K. Y
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