[PATCH] NVMe: Fail SCSI->NVMe translation for UNMAP when anchor is set

Dan McLeran daniel.mcleran at intel.com
Wed Jun 18 08:30:24 PDT 2014


Good point. So, is Anchor == 1 still illegal for non-resource-provisioned 
devices? The spec seems to imply that must be the case.

On Wed, 18 Jun 2014, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 09:13:27AM -0600, Keith Busch wrote:
>> On Wed, 18 Jun 2014, Dan McLeran wrote:
>>> SCSI UNMAP should fail if the host sends down the command with Anchor set. The
>>> current code does not check this condition. This patch checks Anchor and fails
>>> Scsi->NVMe translation if Anchor is set.
>>
>> The reference on nvmexpress.org says the command with anchor set is
>> premissible "for resource-provisioned devices".
>
> So ... we should check whether the namespace has NSFEAT bit 0 set before
> failing the command?
>



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