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SubjectRe: [PATCH 07/11] the latest consensus libata resume fix
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 09:50:46PM +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 02 2006, Chris Wright wrote:
> > -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let us know.
> > ------------------
> >
> > From: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>
> >
> > Okay, just to sum things up.
> >
> > This forces libata to wait for up to 2 seconds for BUSY|DRQ to clear
> > on resume before continuing.
> >
> > [jgarzik adds...] During testing we never saw DRQ asserted, but
> > nonetheless (a) this works and (b) testing for DRQ won't hurt.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Mark Lord <liml@rtr.ca>
> > Acked-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
> > ---
> >
> > drivers/scsi/libata-core.c | 1 +
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > --- linux-2.6.16.19.orig/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
> > +++ linux-2.6.16.19/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c
> > @@ -4293,6 +4293,7 @@ static int ata_start_drive(struct ata_po
> > int ata_device_resume(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_device *dev)
> > {
> > if (ap->flags & ATA_FLAG_SUSPENDED) {
> > + ata_busy_wait(ap, ATA_BUSY | ATA_DRQ, 200000);
> > ap->flags &= ~ATA_FLAG_SUSPENDED;
> > ata_set_mode(ap);
> > }
>
> I'm not against the patch as such, but last I checked 2.6.16 actually
> worked ok. The timer fixes in 2.6.17-rc is what apparently got the
> resume breaking.
>
> So unless there's a bug report on 2.6.16.x for this, then it's a little
> against the -stable rules to add it.

Marcel (now on the To:) was the one reporting this. Marcel, is this
really necessary for 2.6.16.x?

thanks,

greg k-h
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