linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] libata: Safely overwrite attached page in WRITE SAME xlat

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Date:   Tue, 23 Aug 2016 07:53:57 +0000
From:   Tom Yan <tom.ty89@...il.com>
To:     Shaun Tancheff <shaun.tancheff@...gate.com>
Cc:     Shaun Tancheff <shaun@...cheff.com>, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@...t.com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>,
        Josh Bingaman <josh.bingaman@...gate.com>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 1/4] libata: Safely overwrite attached page in WRITE
 SAME xlat

On 23 August 2016 at 06:20, Shaun Tancheff <shaun.tancheff@...gate.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 12:26 AM, Tom Yan <tom.ty89@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> It is always 1 merely because we prefer sticking to that. Say we want
>> to enable multi-block payload now, it won't be 1 anymore.
>
> Sorry, I though that DSM TRIM is using 512 bytes here because
> WRITE_SAME_16 has a payload of a single logical sector.

Nope, SCSI Write Same commands does not have payload (or in SCSI
terms, parameter list / data-out buffer).

>
>> Also note that the payload is NOT always fully-filled.
>
> Oh, I was considering filling the remainder of the buffer
> with 0's using memset() as you described to be "filly-filled"
> in this case. Sorry for the confusion.

Well yeah _after_ memset() it should always be "fully-filled" (i.e.
512-byte aligned).

>
> --
> Shaun Tancheff