[PATCH 3.16 028/127] mptfusion: enable no_write_same for vmware scsi disks

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Tue Oct 28 2014 - 03:24:57 EST


3.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 4089b71cc820a426d601283c92fcd4ffeb5139c2 upstream.

When using a virtual SCSI disk in a VMWare VM if blkdev_issue_zeroout is used
data can be improperly zeroed out using the mptfusion driver. This patch
disables write_same for this driver and the vmware subsystem_vendor which
ensures that manual zeroing out is used instead.

BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371591
Reported-by: Bruce Lucas <bruce.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/message/fusion/mptspi.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptspi.c
+++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptspi.c
@@ -1420,6 +1420,11 @@ mptspi_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const
goto out_mptspi_probe;
}

+ /* VMWare emulation doesn't properly implement WRITE_SAME
+ */
+ if (pdev->subsystem_vendor == 0x15AD)
+ sh->no_write_same = 1;
+
spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->FreeQlock, flags);

/* Attach the SCSI Host to the IOC structure


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