linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] virtio_blk: VIRTIO_BLK_F_WCE->VIRTIO_BLK_F

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Message-ID: <1456351070-10204-1-git-send-email-mst@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 2016 23:58:25 +0200
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] virtio_blk: VIRTIO_BLK_F_WCE->VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH

Latest virtio spec says the feature bit name is VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH,
VIRTIO_BLK_F_WCE is the legacy name.  virtio blk header says exactly the
reverse - fix that and update driver code to match.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@...hat.com>
---

Changs from v1:
	comments updated

 include/uapi/linux/virtio_blk.h |  6 +++---
 drivers/block/virtio_blk.c      | 11 ++++++++---
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_blk.h b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_blk.h
index 19c66fc..9ebe4d9 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/virtio_blk.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/virtio_blk.h
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
 #ifndef VIRTIO_BLK_NO_LEGACY
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_F_BARRIER	0	/* Does host support barriers? */
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_F_SCSI	7	/* Supports scsi command passthru */
-#define VIRTIO_BLK_F_WCE	9	/* Writeback mode enabled after reset */
+#define VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH	9	/* Flush command supported */
 #define VIRTIO_BLK_F_CONFIG_WCE	11	/* Writeback mode available in config */
 #ifndef __KERNEL__
-/* Old (deprecated) name for VIRTIO_BLK_F_WCE. */
-#define VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH VIRTIO_BLK_F_WCE
+/* Old (deprecated) name for VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH. */
+#define VIRTIO_BLK_F_WCE VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH
 #endif
 #endif /* !VIRTIO_BLK_NO_LEGACY */
 
diff --git a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
index 6ca3549..28cff0d 100644
--- a/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/virtio_blk.c
@@ -477,8 +477,13 @@ static int virtblk_get_cache_mode(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 	err = virtio_cread_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_CONFIG_WCE,
 				   struct virtio_blk_config, wce,
 				   &writeback);
+
+	/*
+	 * If WCE is not configurable and flush is not available,
+	 * assume no writeback cache is in use.
+	 */
 	if (err)
-		writeback = virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_WCE);
+		writeback = virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH);
 
 	return writeback;
 }
@@ -833,14 +838,14 @@ static const struct virtio_device_id id_table[] = {
 static unsigned int features_legacy[] = {
 	VIRTIO_BLK_F_SEG_MAX, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SIZE_MAX, VIRTIO_BLK_F_GEOMETRY,
 	VIRTIO_BLK_F_RO, VIRTIO_BLK_F_BLK_SIZE, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SCSI,
-	VIRTIO_BLK_F_WCE, VIRTIO_BLK_F_TOPOLOGY, VIRTIO_BLK_F_CONFIG_WCE,
+	VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH, VIRTIO_BLK_F_TOPOLOGY, VIRTIO_BLK_F_CONFIG_WCE,
 	VIRTIO_BLK_F_MQ,
 }
 ;
 static unsigned int features[] = {
 	VIRTIO_BLK_F_SEG_MAX, VIRTIO_BLK_F_SIZE_MAX, VIRTIO_BLK_F_GEOMETRY,
 	VIRTIO_BLK_F_RO, VIRTIO_BLK_F_BLK_SIZE,
-	VIRTIO_BLK_F_WCE, VIRTIO_BLK_F_TOPOLOGY, VIRTIO_BLK_F_CONFIG_WCE,
+	VIRTIO_BLK_F_FLUSH, VIRTIO_BLK_F_TOPOLOGY, VIRTIO_BLK_F_CONFIG_WCE,
 	VIRTIO_BLK_F_MQ,
 };
 
-- 
MST