Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] target: Fix several problems related to T10-PI support

2015-04-28 Thread Martin K. Petersen
> "Sagi" == Sagi Grimberg writes: Sagi, Sagi> I thought that WRITE_SAME with DIX would include PI for the block Sagi> that is being sent over the wire, the initiator and target HBAs Sagi> will verify the single block integrity and the target backend will Sagi> expand the PI for the number of

Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] target: Fix several problems related to T10-PI support

2015-04-28 Thread Sagi Grimberg
On 4/28/2015 2:50 AM, Martin K. Petersen wrote: "Sagi" == Sagi Grimberg writes: Sagi> The problem is that the HBA does not have the write_same Sagi> functionality you introduce here, i.e. generate multiple same Sagi> protection fields for a single data block. Adding support to DIX would be pr

Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] target: Fix several problems related to T10-PI support

2015-04-27 Thread Martin K. Petersen
> "Sagi" == Sagi Grimberg writes: Sagi> The problem is that the HBA does not have the write_same Sagi> functionality you introduce here, i.e. generate multiple same Sagi> protection fields for a single data block. Adding support to DIX would be problematic since it would essentially turn a W

Re: [PATCH v3 0/5] target: Fix several problems related to T10-PI support

2015-04-26 Thread Sagi Grimberg
On 4/25/2015 5:33 PM, Akinobu Mita wrote: This patchset aims to fix several problems related to T10-PI support. These patches can be applied on top of Sagi's "[v1] Simlify dif_verify routines and fixup fileio protection information code" patchset. Hi Akinobu, I have given this some more thou