[SRU][J:linux-xilinx-zynqmp][PATCH 1/1] scsi: sd: Print write through due to no caching mode page as warning
Wei-Lin Chang
weilin.chang at canonical.com
Thu Jul 3 06:11:43 UTC 2025
From: Martin Kepplinger <martin.kepplinger at puri.sm>
BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2115853
For SD cardreaders it is extremely common not to have a cache.
Consequently, the following messages do not point to a real error one could
try to fix but rather describe how the disk works:
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] No Caching mode page found
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Print these messages as warnings instead of errors.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211013075050.3870354-1-martin.kepplinger@puri.sm
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche at acm.org>
Signed-off-by: Martin Kepplinger <martin.kepplinger at puri.sm>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen at oracle.com>
(cherry picked from commit c4da1205752dfda13571112dd964436e4cc8f348)
Signed-off-by: Wei-Lin Chang <weilin.chang at canonical.com>
---
drivers/scsi/sd.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index 1e887c11e83d..8cbbba7e678b 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -2794,7 +2794,8 @@ sd_read_cache_type(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, unsigned char *buffer)
}
}
- sd_first_printk(KERN_ERR, sdkp, "No Caching mode page found\n");
+ sd_first_printk(KERN_WARNING, sdkp,
+ "No Caching mode page found\n");
goto defaults;
Page_found:
@@ -2849,7 +2850,7 @@ sd_read_cache_type(struct scsi_disk *sdkp, unsigned char *buffer)
"Assuming drive cache: write back\n");
sdkp->WCE = 1;
} else {
- sd_first_printk(KERN_ERR, sdkp,
+ sd_first_printk(KERN_WARNING, sdkp,
"Assuming drive cache: write through\n");
sdkp->WCE = 0;
}
--
2.43.0
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