[PATCH] scsi: storvsc: Force SPC-3 for Win8 Hosts or Later

[Jeff Leung]

This patch forces SPC-3 for Hyper-V disks on the VMBus. As Windows 10's
virtual SAS bus is SPC-3 compliant and there are no negative side effects
on forcing SPC-3 compliance for Win8 hosts, this patch enables SPC-3
compliance by forcing it on for hosts with versions later than Win8.

Forcing SPC-3 compliance for hosts earlier than Win10 also enables
TRIM support.

Suggested by: James Bottomley <***@HansenPartnership.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Leung <***@v10networks.ca>
---
drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c | 9 +++++++++
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
index ed0f899..afcc68e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
@@ -1449,6 +1449,15 @@ static int storvsc_device_configure(struct scsi_device *sdevice)

sdevice->no_write_same = 1;

+ /*
+ * If the host is Win2k12 or later, we pretend to be SPC-3 compliant
+ * and send RC16 which activates TRIM. We will only enable this on a
+ * host with levels greater than VERSION_WIN8
+ */
+ if (vmbus_proto_version >= VERSION_WIN8) {
+ sdevice->scsi_level = SCSI_SPC_3;
+ }
+
return 0;
}

[Jeff Leung]

This patch forces SPC-3 for Hyper-V disks on the VMBus. As Windows 10's
virtual SAS bus is SPC-3 compliant and there are no negative side effects
on forcing SPC-3 compliance for Win8 hosts, this patch enables SPC-3
compliance by forcing it on for hosts with versions later than Win8.

Forcing SPC-3 compliance for hosts earlier than Win10 also enables
TRIM support.

Suggested by: James Bottomley <***@HansenPartnership.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Leung <***@v10networks.ca>
---
drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c | 9 +++++++++
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
index ed0f899..afcc68e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/storvsc_drv.c
@@ -1449,6 +1449,15 @@ static int storvsc_device_configure(struct scsi_device *sdevice)

sdevice->no_write_same = 1;

+ /*
+ * If the host is Win2k12 or later, we pretend to be SPC-3 compliant
+ * and send RC16 which activates TRIM. We will only enable this on a
+ * host with levels greater than VERSION_WIN8
+ */
+ if (vmbus_proto_version >= VERSION_WIN8) {
+ sdevice->scsi_level = SCSI_SPC_3;
+ }
+
return 0;
}

[KY Srinivasan]

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