linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] [SCSI] Make LBP quirk skip lbpme checks tests

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Date:	Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:34:19 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Cc:	Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@...il.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
	ohering@...e.com, apw@...onical.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
	jbottomley@...allels.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] [SCSI] Make LBP quirk skip lbpme checks tests

On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 09:54:24AM -0400, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
> I'm very much against short-circuiting the LBP logic in a passthrough
> driver because then we might end up in the exact situation we were
> trying to avoid with this patch series. Namely sending down commands
> unsupported by the target device.
> 
> This kind of thing really needs to be a sysadmin decision and can be
> handled with a udev rule.

I agree - I'd like to pull in KY's simple fix as soon as I get a second
review for it.

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