Re: [PATCH v3] scsi: sd: fix sd shutdown to issue START STOP UNIT command appropriately

[Damien Le Moal]

On 7/25/25 06:45, Salomon Dushimirimana wrote:
> Commit aa3998dbeb3a ("ata: libata-scsi: Disable scsi device
> manage_system_start_stop") enabled libata EH to manage device power mode
> trasitions for system suspend/resume and removed the flag from
> ata_scsi_dev_config. However, since the sd_shutdown() function still
> relies on the manage_system_start_stop flag, a spin-down command is not
> issued to the disk with command "echo 1 > /sys/block/sdb/device/delete"
> 
> sd_shutdown() can be called for both system/runtime start stop
> operations, so utilize the manage_run_time_start_stop flag set in the
> ata_scsi_dev_config and issue a spin-down command during disk removal
> when the system is running. This is in addition to when the system is
> powering off and manage_shutdown flag is set. The
> manage_system_start_stop flag will still be used for drivers that still
> set the flag.
> 
> Fixes: aa3998dbeb3a ("ata: libata-scsi: Disable scsi device manage_system_start_stop")
> Signed-off-by: Salomon Dushimirimana <salomondush@xxxxxxxxxx>

Tested-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@xxxxxxxxxx>


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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research