linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 09/11] scsi: scsi

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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 09:01:14 +0000
From: John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>
To: Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@...ux.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 09/11] scsi: scsi_debug: Atomic write support

On 20/02/2024 07:12, Ojaswin Mujoo wrote:
>> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(atomic_write, "enable ATOMIC WRITE support, support WRITE ATOMIC(16) (def=1)");
> Hi John,
> 
> The default value here seems to be 0 and not 1. Got me a bit confused
> while testing 🙂

I can fix that MODULE_PARM_DESC() text.

I don't think that many disks support atomic writes, so I was leaving 
this disabled by default.

Thanks,
John