From: Damien Le Moal <Damien.LeMoal@wdc.com>
To: Kate Hsuan <hpa@redhat.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>
Cc: "linux-ide@vger.kernel.org" <linux-ide@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/1] libata: Add ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ_ON_AMD for Samsung 860 and 870 SSD.
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 21:45:48 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DM6PR04MB708147357F91D5AEB6128A2AE7CB9@DM6PR04MB7081.namprd04.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20210830144253.289542-1-hpa@redhat.com
On 2021/08/30 23:43, Kate Hsuan wrote:
> Many users reported the issue when running the system with Samsung 860,
> 870 SSD, and AMD chipset. Therefore, completely disabling the NCQ can
> avoid this issue.
>
> Entire disabling NCQ for Samsung 860/870 SSD will cause I/O performance
> drop. In this case, a flag ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ_ON_AMD is introduced to
> used to perform an additional check for these SSDs. If it finds its parent
> ATA controller is AMD, the NCQ will be disabled. Otherwise, the NCQ is kept
> to enable.
For a single patch, generally, a cover letter is not needed. Especially so in
this case since your cover letter message is the same as the patch commit message.
>
> Changes since v3
> * Modified the flag from ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ_ON_ASMEDIA_AMD_MARVELL to
> ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ_ON_AMD.
> * Modified and fixed the code to completely disable NCQ on AMD controller.
Technically, this is a v2 right ? Also, by "completely", did you mean "always" ?
(see patch comments).
>
>
> Kate Hsuan (1):
> libata: Add ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ_ON_AMD for Samsung 860 and 870 SSD.
>
> drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
> include/linux/libata.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
--
Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-30 21:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-30 14:42 [PATCH v3 0/1] libata: Add ATA_HORKAGE_NONCQ_ON_AMD for Samsung 860 and 870 SSD Kate Hsuan
2021-08-30 14:42 ` [PATCH v3 1/1] " Kate Hsuan
2021-08-30 15:05 ` Hans de Goede
2021-08-30 21:58 ` Damien Le Moal
2021-08-30 21:45 ` Damien Le Moal [this message]
2021-08-31 7:38 ` [PATCH v3 0/1] " Hans de Goede
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