>>>>> "Bernd" == Bernd Schubert <[email protected]> writes:

Bernd> And I also don't see any driver setting max_ws_blocks, so
Bernd> everything except of libata gets the default of
Bernd> SD_MAX_WS10_BLOCKS. 

Yes. That's intentional. Unless the device provides MAXIMUM WRITE SAME
BLOCKS in the BLOCK LIMITS VPD.


Bernd> As the correct handling in the md layer seems to be difficult,
Bernd> can we send a fake request at device configuration time to figure
Bernd> out if the device really support write-same?

The problem is that WRITE SAME is destructive. And unfortunately a block
count of 0 means "write entire device".

-- 
Martin K. Petersen      Oracle Linux Engineering
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