Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 6 Mar 2009 13:56:01 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix Xilinx SystemACE driver to handle empty CF slot | From | Grant Likely <> |
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On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 1:46 PM, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 06 2009, Grant Likely wrote: >> > The SystemACE driver does not handle an empty CF slot gracefully. An >> > empty CF slot ends up hanging the system. This patch adds a check for >> > the CF state and stops trying to process requests if the slot is empty. > > So with patches like this, it's always nice to know what your target is. > Do you want this in .29, or just queued up for .30? It's not always easy > to judge the urgency of such patches :-)
The driver completely falls down and hangs the system if the CF slot is empty, so I would like to get it into .29. On the other hand, it has been a long standing issue, so if merging it will raise any eyebrows then I'm okay to wait for .30.
> Also, I note that you are using end_request() throughout the driver. We > really want to get away from that, you should be using blk_end_request() > as that will handle full requests and not just segment-by-segment. No > worries for this patch, but you may want to consider that for a future > patch.
Okay, will do.
Thanks, g.
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