RE: [PATCH v2 2/3] scsi: ufs: Keep device active mode only fWriteBoosterBufferFlushDuringHibernate == 1

From: Avri Altman
Date: Mon Dec 07 2020 - 03:04:27 EST


>
> According to the JEDEC UFS 3.1 Spec, If
> fWriteBoosterBufferFlushDuringHibernate
> is set to one, the device flushes the WriteBooster Buffer data automatically
> whenever the link enters the hibernate (HIBERN8) state. While the flushing
> operation is in progress, the device should be kept in Active power mode.
> Currently, we set this flag during the UFSHCD probe stage, but we didn't deal
> with its programming failure. Even this failure is less likely to occur, but
> still it is possible.
> This patch is to add checkup of fWriteBoosterBufferFlushDuringHibernate
> setting,
> keep the device as "active power mode" only when this flag be successfully
> set
> to 1.
>
> Fixes: 51dd905bd2f6 ("scsi: ufs: Fix WriteBooster flush during runtime
> suspend")
> Signed-off-by: Bean Huo <beanhuo@xxxxxxxxxx>
You've added the fixes tag, but my previous comment is still unanswered:
you are adding protection to a single device management command.
Why this command in particular?
What makes it so special that it needs this extra care?

Thanks,
Avri