Some controller lockup on a ata_read_log_page.
Add new ata port flag ATA_FLAG_NO_LOG_PAGE which can used
to blacklist a controller.
If this flag is set, any attempt to read a log page returns an error
without actually issuing the command.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Werner <andreas.wer...@men.de>
---
drivers/ata/libata-eh.c | 9 +++++++++
include/linux/libata.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index cb0508a..f3e6277 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -1505,12 +1505,21 @@ static const char *ata_err_string(unsigned int err_mask)
unsigned int ata_read_log_page(struct ata_device *dev, u8 log,
u8 page, void *buf, unsigned int sectors)
{
+ unsigned long ap_flags = dev->link->ap->flags;
struct ata_taskfile tf;
unsigned int err_mask;
bool dma = false;
DPRINTK("read log page - log 0x%x, page 0x%x\n", log, page);
+ /*
+ * Return error without actually issuing the
+ * command on controller which e.g. lockup
+ * on a read log page.
+ */
+ if (flags & ATA_FLAG_NO_LOG_PAGE)
+ return AC_ERR_DEV;
+
retry:
ata_tf_init(dev, &tf);
if (dev->dma_mode && ata_id_has_read_log_dma_ext(dev->id) &&
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 83577f8..600c1e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ enum {
ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS = (1 << 0), /* host supports slave dev */
/* (doesn't imply presence) */
ATA_FLAG_SATA = (1 << 1),
+ ATA_FLAG_NO_LOG_PAGE = (1 << 5), /* do not issue log page read */
ATA_FLAG_NO_ATAPI = (1 << 6), /* No ATAPI support */
ATA_FLAG_PIO_DMA = (1 << 7), /* PIO cmds via DMA */
ATA_FLAG_PIO_LBA48 = (1 << 8), /* Host DMA engine is LBA28 only */
--
2.6.2
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