ext4 - scsi: storvsc: avoid usage of WRITE_SAME

[Mario Ceresa]

Thanks Eric, I'll upgrade to 3.9 then.

Do you know if there is an easy way to know when a kernel patch goes upstream?

Mario

On 8 May 2013 16:28, Eric Sandeen <sandeen at redhat.com> wrote:
> On 5/8/13 9:21 AM, Mario Ceresa wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> When accessing a VHDX disc with a f18 VM (hyperv) with kernel
>> 3.8.8-202 x86_64 I have tons of errors like:
>>
>> Add. Sense: No additional sense information
>> hv_storvsc vmbus_0_12: cmd 0x41 scsi status 0x2 srb status 0x6
>>
>> I believe it is related to WRITE_SAME don't implemented in win2012
>> server. It seems that this patch could make the trick:
>>
>> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/2172871/
>>
>> But how could I check if I have it in my kernel or not?
>
> It went upstream in v3.9-rc1 so if you have that or later, you have it.
>
> -Eric
>
>> Of course, I can be completely wrong. If you have any other ideas,
>> please share :)
>>
>> Thanks for any help,
>>
>> Mario
>>
>