[PATCH] scsi: storvsc: Force SPC-3 for Win8 Hosts or Later
KY Srinivasan
kys at microsoft.com
Tue Oct 21 18:46:43 UTC 2014
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Leung [mailto:jleung at v10networks.ca]
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 10:39 PM
> To: linux-scsi at vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org;
> devel at linuxdriverproject.org
> Cc: KY Srinivasan; James.Bottomley at HansenPartnership.com; Jeff Leung
> Subject: [PATCH] scsi: storvsc: Force SPC-3 for Win8 Hosts or Later
>
> This patch forces SPC-3 for Hyper-V disks on the VMBus. As Windows 10's
> virtual SAS bus is SPC-3 compliant and there are no negative side effects on
> forcing SPC-3 compliance for Win8 hosts, this patch enables SPC-3 compliance
> by forcing it on for hosts with versions later than Win8.
>
> Forcing SPC-3 compliance for hosts earlier than Win10 also enables TRIM
> support.
>
> Suggested by: James Bottomley
> <James.Bottomley at HansenPartnership.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Leung <jleung at v10networks.ca>
> ---
> drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c | 9 +++++++++
> 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c index
> ed0f899..afcc68e 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
> @@ -1449,6 +1449,15 @@ static int storvsc_device_configure(struct
> scsi_device *sdevice)
>
> sdevice->no_write_same = 1;
>
> + /*
> + * If the host is Win2k12 or later, we pretend to be SPC-3 compliant
> + * and send RC16 which activates TRIM. We will only enable this on a
> + * host with levels greater than VERSION_WIN8
> + */
> + if (vmbus_proto_version >= VERSION_WIN8) {
I would want this hack not to be in Windows 10. We can have this hack if the host is either
Ws2012 or ws2012 r2 (VERSION_WIN8 or VERSION_WIN8_1). Also this hack should apply only
to VHD's being presented and not pass through devices.
K. Y
> + sdevice->scsi_level = SCSI_SPC_3;
> + }
> +
> return 0;
> }
>
> --
> 1.7.2.5
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