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parent e3111d9c3f7250309f451cfbf55845a74e692d41
parent af180c0880f9df14be31807f0bb0fa6f0d34a943
author Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1711139467 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1711139467 -0700
mergetag object af180c0880f9df14be31807f0bb0fa6f0d34a943
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 tag scsi-misc
 tagger James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com> 1711139011 -0400
 
 SCSI misc on 20240322
 
 The vfs has long had a write lifetime hint mechanism that gives the
 expected longevity on storage of the data being written.  f2fs was the
 original consumer of this and used the hint for flash data placement
 (mostly to avoid write amplification by placing objects with similar
 lifetimes in the same erase block).  More recently the SCSI based UFS
 (Universal Flash Storage) drivers have wanted to take advantage of
 this as well, for the same reasons as f2fs, necessitating plumbing the
 write hints through the block layer and then adding it to the SCSI
 core.  The vfs write_hints pull you've already taken plumbs this as
 far as block and this pull request completes the SCSI core enabling
 based on a recently agreed reuse of the old write command group
 number.  The additions to the scsi_debug driver are for emulating this
 property so we can run tests on it in the absence of an actual UFS
 device.
 
 Signed-off-by: James E.J. Bottomley <jejb@linux.ibm.com>
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Merge tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi

Pull more SCSI updates from James Bottomley:
 "The vfs has long had a write lifetime hint mechanism that gives the
  expected longevity on storage of the data being written. f2fs was the
  original consumer of this and used the hint for flash data placement
  (mostly to avoid write amplification by placing objects with similar
  lifetimes in the same erase block).

  More recently the SCSI based UFS (Universal Flash Storage) drivers
  have wanted to take advantage of this as well, for the same reasons as
  f2fs, necessitating plumbing the write hints through the block layer
  and then adding it to the SCSI core.

  The vfs write_hints already taken plumbs this as far as block and this
  completes the SCSI core enabling based on a recently agreed reuse of
  the old write command group number. The additions to the scsi_debug
  driver are for emulating this property so we can run tests on it in
  the absence of an actual UFS device"

* tag 'scsi-misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jejb/scsi:
  scsi: scsi_debug: Maintain write statistics per group number
  scsi: scsi_debug: Implement GET STREAM STATUS
  scsi: scsi_debug: Implement the IO Advice Hints Grouping mode page
  scsi: scsi_debug: Allocate the MODE SENSE response from the heap
  scsi: scsi_debug: Rework subpage code error handling
  scsi: scsi_debug: Rework page code error handling
  scsi: scsi_debug: Support the block limits extension VPD page
  scsi: scsi_debug: Reduce code duplication
  scsi: sd: Translate data lifetime information
  scsi: scsi_proto: Add structures and constants related to I/O groups and streams
  scsi: core: Query the Block Limits Extension VPD page