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SubjectRe: [PATCH V3 4/5] block: Add secure discard
On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:44:23 +0300
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@nokia.com> wrote:

> >From b25b9a499f255ee5999c219525d82ef40382318c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@nokia.com>
> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:41:38 +0300
> Subject: [PATCH 4/5] block: Add secure discard
>
> Secure discard is the same as discard except that all copies
> of the discarded sectors (perhaps created by garbage collection)
> must also be erased.

That's not an awfully informative changelog.

From a quick peek at the code it seems that you took your earlier
design sketch:

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 02:10:06PM +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> Needs a bio flag, a request flag, setup the request flag based on the
> bio flag, prevent merging secure and non-secure discards, prevent drivers
> doing non-secure discards for secure discards.
>
> Seems like a lot of little changes for something that no one wants.
> Shouldn't it wait for someone to need it first?

and changed your mind and implemented it.

Is that a correct interpretation?


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