linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mptfusion: enable no_write_same in scsi_host

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Message-ID: <20140922180220.GA10166@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:02:20 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@...onical.com>
Cc:	linux-scsi@...t.kernel.org, bruce.lucas@...godb.com,
	Nagalakshmi Nandigama <nagalakshmi.nandigama@...gotech.com>,
	Praveen Krishnamoorthy <praveen.krishnamoorthy@...gotech.com>,
	Sreekanth Reddy <sreekanth.reddy@...gotech.com>,
	Abhijit Mahajan <abhijit.mahajan@...gotech.com>,
	MPT-FusionLinux.pdl@...gotech.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mptfusion: enable no_write_same in scsi_host_template

On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 12:56:59PM -0500, Chris J Arges wrote:
> When using a virtual SCSI disk in a VMWare VM if blkdev_issue_zeroout is used
> data can be improperly zeroed out using the mptfusion driver. This patch
> disables write_same for this driver which ensures that manual zeroing out
> is used instead.

Does this affet real hardware or is it a VMware bug?  If it's just the
latter we should simply blacklist VMware.

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