Some SATA to USB bridges fail to cooperate with some drives resulting in no cache being present being reported to the host. That causes the host to skip sending a command to synchronize caches. That causes data loss when the drive is powered down. Signed-off-by: Oliver Neukum <oneukum@xxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 2 ++ drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c | 8 ++++++++ drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h | 7 +++++++ drivers/usb/storage/usb.c | 6 +++++- include/linux/usb_usual.h | 2 ++ 5 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 82b42c9..c8c682e 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -4182,6 +4182,8 @@ bytes respectively. Such letter suffixes can also be entirely omitted. u = IGNORE_UAS (don't bind to the uas driver); w = NO_WP_DETECT (don't test whether the medium is write-protected). + y = ALWAYS_SYNC (issue a SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE + even if the device claims no cache) Example: quirks=0419:aaf5:rl,0421:0433:rc user_debug= [KNL,ARM] diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c b/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c index 33eb923..8cd2926 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c +++ b/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c @@ -296,6 +296,14 @@ static int slave_configure(struct scsi_device *sdev) if (us->fflags & US_FL_BROKEN_FUA) sdev->broken_fua = 1; + /* Some even totally fail to indicate a cache */ + if (us->fflags & US_FL_ALWAYS_SYNC) { + /* don't read caching information */ + sdev->skip_ms_page_8 = 1; + sdev->skip_ms_page_3f = 1; + /* assume sync is needed */ + sdev->wce_default_on = 1; + } } else { /* diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h b/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h index aa35392..af3c7ee 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h +++ b/drivers/usb/storage/unusual_devs.h @@ -338,6 +338,13 @@ UNUSUAL_DEV( 0x046b, 0xff40, 0x0100, 0x0100, USB_SC_DEVICE, USB_PR_DEVICE, NULL, US_FL_NO_WP_DETECT), +/* Reported by Egbert Eich <eich@xxxxxxxx> */ +UNUSUAL_DEV( 0x0480, 0xd010, 0x0100, 0x9999, + "Toshiba", + "External USB 3.0", + USB_SC_DEVICE, USB_PR_DEVICE, NULL, + US_FL_ALWAYS_SYNC), + /* Patch submitted by Philipp Friedrich <philipp@xxxxxxx> */ UNUSUAL_DEV( 0x0482, 0x0100, 0x0100, 0x0100, "Kyocera", diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c index ef2d8cd..19255f1 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c +++ b/drivers/usb/storage/usb.c @@ -498,7 +498,8 @@ void usb_stor_adjust_quirks(struct usb_device *udev, unsigned long *fflags) US_FL_NO_READ_DISC_INFO | US_FL_NO_READ_CAPACITY_16 | US_FL_INITIAL_READ10 | US_FL_WRITE_CACHE | US_FL_NO_ATA_1X | US_FL_NO_REPORT_OPCODES | - US_FL_MAX_SECTORS_240 | US_FL_NO_REPORT_LUNS); + US_FL_MAX_SECTORS_240 | US_FL_NO_REPORT_LUNS | + US_FL_ALWAYS_SYNC); p = quirks; while (*p) { @@ -581,6 +582,9 @@ void usb_stor_adjust_quirks(struct usb_device *udev, unsigned long *fflags) case 'w': f |= US_FL_NO_WP_DETECT; break; + case 'y': + f |= US_FL_ALWAYS_SYNC; + break; /* Ignore unrecognized flag characters */ } } diff --git a/include/linux/usb_usual.h b/include/linux/usb_usual.h index 245f57d..0aae1b2 100644 --- a/include/linux/usb_usual.h +++ b/include/linux/usb_usual.h @@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ /* Sets max_sectors to 240 */ \ US_FLAG(NO_REPORT_LUNS, 0x10000000) \ /* Cannot handle REPORT_LUNS */ \ + US_FLAG(ALWAYS_SYNC, 0x20000000) \ + /* lies about caching, so always sync */ \ #define US_FLAG(name, value) US_FL_##name = value , enum { US_DO_ALL_FLAGS }; -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html