[EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Abrupt Shutdown for NVMe SSD
Shivamurthy Shastri (sshivamurthy)
sshivamurthy at micron.com
Thu Jul 29 03:37:18 PDT 2021
Micron Confidential
Hi,
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 01:22:21PM +0000, shiva.linuxworks at gmail.com wrote:
> > In the platform with a limited backup power supply, devices like NVMe
> > SSD does unsafe shutdown.
> >
> > These two patches address this issue by adding a power loss imminent
> > flag. The platform will enable the power loss imminent flag if the
> > platform's power is running on the limited backup power supply. During
> > the shutdown, the driver checks this information and pwerforms the
> > abrupt shutdown.
>
> I think the pm framework and nvme usage are ok, but you need a platform
> specific caller to set the new power loss flag before this should be
> considered, otherwise this is just unreachable code.
Sure, I will send platform specific caller along with V3.
Thanks,
Shiva
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