Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] scsi: sd: Update dix config everytime sd_revalidate_disk is called | From | "Martin K. Petersen" <> | Date | Wed, 19 Oct 2022 20:18:03 -0400 |
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Xingui,
> When the host protection capabilities are 0x77 and a DIF disk is > connected, the DIX and DIF of the disk are default enabled. Then if > that DIF disk is reformatted as a non-DIF format, per the currently > flow, the DIX is kept enabled which is not correct
DIX is orthogonal to DIF and a host property. DIX should not be disabled just because the disk is no longer formatted with protection information.
That said, your patch is probably fine. I'll take a closer look tomorrow.
-- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering
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