scsi: scsi_debug: Implement PRE-FETCH commands
Many disks implement the SCSI PRE-FETCH commands. One use case might be a disk-to-disk compare, say between disks A and B. Then this sequence of commands might be used: PRE-FETCH(from B, IMMED), READ(from A), VERIFY (BYTCHK=1 on B with data returned from READ). The PRE-FETCH (which returns quickly due to the IMMED) fetches the data from the media into B's cache which should speed the trailing VERIFY command. The next chunk of the compare might be done in parallel, with A and B reversed. The implementation tries to bring the specified range in main memory into the cache(s) associated with this machine's CPU(s) using the prefetch_range() function. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200421151424.32668-7-dgilbert@interlog.comSigned-off-by: Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com> Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
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