1 Jul 2010 12:18
Re: [PATCH V3 4/5] block: Add secure discard
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter <at> nokia.com>
2010-07-01 10:18:37 GMT
2010-07-01 10:18:37 GMT
Andrew Morton wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 11:44:23 +0300 > Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter <at> nokia.com> wrote: > >> >From b25b9a499f255ee5999c219525d82ef40382318c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 >> From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter <at> 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? >(Continue reading)
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