linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/2] Do not flush cache when it is disabled

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Message-Id: <20210418055953.26959-1-avri.altman@wdc.com>
Date:   Sun, 18 Apr 2021 08:59:51 +0300
From:   Avri Altman <avri.altman@....com>
To:     Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>, linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Avri Altman <avri.altman@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] Do not flush cache when it is disabled

v1 -> v2:
 - Attend Adrian's comments

Cache is a temporary storage space in an eMMC device. Volatile by
nature, the cache should in typical case reduce the access time compared
to an access to the main nonvolatile storage.

The cache function can be turned ON and OFF. Once OFF, the host is not
expected to issue a flush-cache command to the device.

Avri Altman (2):
  mmc: block: Issue flush only if allowed
  mmc: block: Update ext_csd.cache_ctrl if it was written

 drivers/mmc/core/block.c   | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.c |  4 +---
 drivers/mmc/core/mmc_ops.h |  5 +++++
 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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