Re: [PATCH 25/27] block: remove the discard_zeroes_data flag
From: "hch@lst.de" <hch@lst.de>
Date: 2017-05-10 14:06:27
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From: "hch@lst.de" <hch@lst.de>
Date: 2017-05-10 14:06:27
Also in:
dm-devel, linux-block, linux-scsi
On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 11:46:14PM -0700, Nicholas A. Bellinger wrote:
That said, simply propagating up q->limits.max_write_zeroes_sectors as dev_attrib->unmap_zeroes_data following existing code still looks like the right thing to do.
It is not. Martin has decoupled write same/zeroes support from discard support. Any device will claim to support it initially, and we'll only clear the flag if a Write Same command fails. So even if LBPRZ is not set you can trivially get into a situation where discard is supported through UNMAP, and you'll incorrectly set LBPRZ and will cause data corruption.