linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] scsi: support packing multi-segment in UNMAP command

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Date:   Mon, 20 Mar 2023 06:00:23 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>, martin.petersen@...cle.com,
        jejb@...ux.ibm.com, bvanassche@....org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] scsi: support packing multi-segment in UNMAP command

On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 09:44:47AM +0800, Chao Yu wrote:
> IIUC，originally, HPB driver tries to lookup LBA range{,s} from WRITE/DISCARD
> request, and will dirty mapped HPB regions based on LBA range{,s}, do you mean
> HPB driver should not parse DISCARD request?

Eww..  This just means we really need to drop this bogus HPB code.
It will otherwise break every single time when a new SCSI command get
added that modifies LBA content.