Re: [PATCH 1/1] nvme-pci: disable write zeros support on WD SSDs

[Keith Busch]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 10:15:56AM -0700, Doug Anderson wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 1:32 AM Ken Lin <ken_lin5@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Like commit 5611ec2b9814 ("nvme-pci: prevent SK hynix PC400 from using
> > Write Zeroes command"), Western Digital has the same issue:
> > [ 6305.633887] blk_update_request: operation not supported error,
> > dev nvme0n1, sector 340812032 op 0x9:(WRITE_ZEROES)
> > flags 0x0 phys_seg 0 prio class 0
> >
> > So also disable Write Zeroes command on Western Digital.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ken Lin <ken_lin5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> >  drivers/nvme/host/pci.c | 2 ++
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> > index 3a1c37f32f30..5c1b812a3c2b 100644
> > --- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> > +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c
> > @@ -3517,6 +3517,8 @@ static const struct pci_device_id nvme_id_table[] = {
> >                 .driver_data = NVME_QUIRK_NO_DEEPEST_PS, },
> >         { PCI_DEVICE(0xc0a9, 0x540a),   /* Crucial P2 */
> >                 .driver_data = NVME_QUIRK_BOGUS_NID, },
> > +       { PCI_DEVICE(0x15b7, 0x501e),   /* Sandisk 2280 NVMe SSD  */
> > +               .driver_data = NVME_QUIRK_NO_DEEPEST_PS, },
> 
> So I'm not really an expert and don't really have the context, but you
> CCed me and so I took a quick glance.
> 
> Something smells a little fishy. ${SUBJECT} talks about disabling
> "write zeros". The patch description talks about disabling "Write
> Zeroes". The patch you reference seems to disable "write zeros" by
> setting the quirk NVME_QUIRK_DISABLE_WRITE_ZEROES. ...but the contents
> of your patch doesn't seem to match. Instead it adds the quirk
> NVME_QUIRK_NO_DEEPEST_PS.
> 
> As I said, I'm not an expert and maybe everyone will tell me that it
> all makes sense, but it seems weird.

You're right: this patch does not make sense with the subject!