[patch added to the 3.12 stable tree] mptfusion: enable no_write_same for vmware scsi disks

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From: Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

This patch has been added to the 3.12 stable tree. If you have any
objections, please let us know.

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commit 4089b71cc820a426d601283c92fcd4ffeb5139c2 upstream.

When using a virtual SCSI disk in a VMWare VM if blkdev_issue_zeroout is used
data can be improperly zeroed out using the mptfusion driver. This patch
disables write_same for this driver and the vmware subsystem_vendor which
ensures that manual zeroing out is used instead.

BugLink: http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371591
Reported-by: Bruce Lucas <bruce.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chris J Arges <chris.j.arges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/message/fusion/mptspi.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/mptspi.c b/drivers/message/fusion/mptspi.c
index 5653e505f91f..424f51d1e2ce 100644
--- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptspi.c
+++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptspi.c
@@ -1422,6 +1422,11 @@ mptspi_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 		goto out_mptspi_probe;
         }
 
+	/* VMWare emulation doesn't properly implement WRITE_SAME
+	 */
+	if (pdev->subsystem_vendor == 0x15AD)
+		sh->no_write_same = 1;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ioc->FreeQlock, flags);
 
 	/* Attach the SCSI Host to the IOC structure
-- 
2.1.2

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