linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: sd: Keep the discard mode stable

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Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2024 23:17:33 -0700
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: Li Feng <fengli@...rtx.com>
Cc: "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com>,
	open list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"open list:SCSI SUBSYSTEM" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: sd: Keep the discard mode stable

On Sat, Jun 15, 2024 at 12:03:47AM +0800, Li Feng wrote:
> +		/*
> +		 * When the discard mode has been set to UNMAP, it should not be set to

Overly long line here.

> +		 * WRITE SAME with UNMAP.
> +		 */
> +		if (!sdkp->max_unmap_blocks)
> +			sd_config_discard(sdkp, SD_LBP_WS16);

But more importantly this doesn't really scale to all the variations
of reported / guessed at probe time vs overriden.  I think you just
need an explicit override flag that skips the discard settings.