linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/3] scsi: sd: Documentation: describe ignore_resume_medium

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Date:   Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:33:29 +0100
From:   Martin Kepplinger <martin.kepplinger@...i.sm>
To:     jejb@...ux.ibm.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
        stern@...land.harvard.edu, bvanassche@....org
Cc:     linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Martin Kepplinger <martin.kepplinger@...i.sm>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] scsi: sd: Documentation: describe ignore_resume_medium_changed

Add notes about the new sd sysfs knob that works around problems
with runtime PM for certain types of SD cardreaders.

Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martin.kepplinger@...i.sm>
---
 Documentation/scsi/sd-parameters.rst | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/scsi/sd-parameters.rst b/Documentation/scsi/sd-parameters.rst
index 87d554008bfb..a77b9fdffddf 100644
--- a/Documentation/scsi/sd-parameters.rst
+++ b/Documentation/scsi/sd-parameters.rst
@@ -25,3 +25,17 @@ To modify the caching mode without making the change persistent, prepend
 "temporary " to the cache type string. E.g.::
 
   # echo "temporary write back" > cache_type
+
+ignore_resume_medium_changed (RW)
+---------------------------------
+Some SD cardreaders deliver a "media changed" unit attention (that results
+in I/O error) when they are resumed from suspend. This prevents users
+to use runtime PM with these devices. To enable runtime PM for an SD
+cardreader (here, device number 0:0:0:0), do something like:
+
+echo 0 > /sys/module/block/parameters/events_dfl_poll_msecs
+echo 1000 > /sys/bus/scsi/devices/0:0:0:0/power/autosuspend_delay_ms
+echo auto > /sys/bus/scsi/devices/0:0:0:0/power/control
+
+And if using the mounted disk filesystem causes trouble, try setting
+ignore_resume_medium_changed to 1.
-- 
2.20.1