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SubjectRe: [PATCH] ide: ide_port_wait_ready() fix
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David Miller wrote:

> From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 12:41:04 +0200
>
> > David Miller wrote:
> >
> >> From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:59:55 +0200
> >>
> >> > David Miller wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
> >> >> Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:13:18 +0200
> >> >>
> >> >> > From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
> >> >> > Subject: [PATCH] ide: ide_port_wait_ready() fix
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Fix for commit a20b2a4 ("ide: skip probe if there are no devices on
> >> >> > the port (v2)"). We must check for slave device before failing.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
> >> >>
> >> >> This will mishandle the case where there is no slave in the device
> >> >> list.
> >> >
> >> > I don't see it:
> >> >
> >> > @ -598,7 +598,7 @@ static int ide_port_wait_ready(ide_hwif_
> >> > {
> >> > const struct ide_tp_ops *tp_ops = hwif->tp_ops;
> >> > ide_drive_t *drive;
> >> > - int i, rc;
> >> > + int i, rc, prev_rc = 0;
> >> >
> >> > printk(KERN_DEBUG "Probing IDE interface %s...\n", hwif->name);
> >> >
> >> > @@ -623,8 +623,10 @@ static int ide_port_wait_ready(ide_hwif_
> >> > tp_ops->write_devctl(hwif, ATA_DEVCTL_OBS);
> >> > mdelay(2);
> >> > rc = ide_wait_not_busy(hwif, 35000);
> >> > - if (rc)
> >> > + if (prev_rc && rc)
> >> > goto out;
> >> > + prev_rc = rc;
> >> > + rc = 0;
> >> > } else
> >> > printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: ide_wait_not_busy() skipped\n",
> >> > drive->name);
> >> >
> >> > If there is no slave device but there is a master device the code falls-through
> >> > and returns a success.
> >>
> >> That's not what we want, if there is only a master device and no slave device
> >> in the list this loop is iterating over we want to return the error code
> >> in "rc", not zero.
> >
> > No, we want to return zero (success) since at least once device was found
> > (otherwise we fail probe on some esoteric setups returning -ENODEV from
> > ide_wait_not_busy() for master device).
> >
> > This is how this function worked before commit a20b2a4 if you want something
> > else okay but it needs to work with aforementioned setups.
>
> You unconditionally assign "prev_rc = rc" and set "rc = 0" so if we only run
> the loop once, we return zero.
>
> And we do this even if that one device gave a non-zero return value.
>
> That's not what we want.

Here is revised patch:

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2] ide: ide_port_wait_ready() fix

Fix for commit a20b2a4 ("ide: skip probe if there are no devices on
the port (v2)"). We must check for slave device before failing.

Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
---
drivers/ide/ide-probe.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
===================================================================
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ static int ide_port_wait_ready(ide_hwif_
{
const struct ide_tp_ops *tp_ops = hwif->tp_ops;
ide_drive_t *drive;
- int i, rc;
+ int i, rc, prev_rc = 0;

printk(KERN_DEBUG "Probing IDE interface %s...\n", hwif->name);

@@ -623,8 +623,9 @@ static int ide_port_wait_ready(ide_hwif_
tp_ops->write_devctl(hwif, ATA_DEVCTL_OBS);
mdelay(2);
rc = ide_wait_not_busy(hwif, 35000);
- if (rc)
+ if (prev_rc && rc)
goto out;
+ prev_rc = rc;
} else
printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: ide_wait_not_busy() skipped\n",
drive->name);


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