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

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Date:	Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:39:16 +0000
From:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@...il.com>
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>,
	"hch@...radead.org" <hch@...radead.org>,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: scsi: storvsc: Add blist flags



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sitsofe Wheeler [mailto:sitsofe@...il.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2014 3:05 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 Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 04:06:01PM -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.
> 
> OK I've just seen this as I was about to post a similar patch to get discard
> going on Hyper-V. Will your patches handle Hyper-V pass through devices
> that support discard? The SSD I have here reports the following in the Linux

It should. Hyper-V does support pass through devices.

K. Y
> VM:
> 
> # sg_vpd -p lbpv  /dev/sdc
> Logical block provisioning VPD page (SBC):
>   Unmap command supported (LBPU): 1
>   Write same (16) with unmap bit supported (LBWS): 0
>   Write same (10) with unmap bit supported (LBWS10): 0
>   Logical block provisioning read zeros (LBPRZ): 0
>   Anchored LBAs supported (ANC_SUP): 1
>   Threshold exponent: 0
>   Descriptor present (DP): 0
>   Provisioning type: 0
> 
> # sg_readcap -l /dev/sdc
> Read Capacity results:
>    Protection: prot_en=0, p_type=0, p_i_exponent=0
>    Logical block provisioning: lbpme=0, lbprz=0
>    Last logical block address=234441647 (0xdf94baf), Number of logical
> blocks=234441648
>    Logical block length=512 bytes
>    Logical blocks per physical block exponent=0
>    Lowest aligned logical block address=0
> Hence:
>    Device size: 120034123776 bytes, 114473.5 MiB, 120.03 GB
> 
> --
> Sitsofe | http://sucs.org/~sits/
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