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From: Igor Pylypiv <ipylypiv@google.com>
To: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>, Niklas Cassel <cassel@kernel.org>
Cc: John Garry <john.garry@linux.dev>,
	Johannes Thumshirn <johannes.thumshirn@wdc.com>,
	 Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>,
	linux-ide@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	 Igor Pylypiv <ipylypiv@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ata: libata-sata: allow re-enabling NCQ with the same queue_depth
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:44:45 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261029184445.1615717-1-ipylypiv@google.com> (raw)

When ata_eh_speed_down() disables NCQ due to excessive errors, it sets
ATA_DFLAG_NCQ_OFF without changing sdev->queue_depth. Userspace can
re-enable NCQ by writing a queue depth > 1 to the sysfs queue_depth
attribute, which invokes ata_change_queue_depth() to clear
ATA_DFLAG_NCQ_OFF.

However, ata_change_queue_depth() returns early if the requested
queue_depth is equal to sdev->queue_depth before clearing
ATA_DFLAG_NCQ_OFF. As a result, writing a different queue depth > 1
re-enables NCQ, whereas writing the current sdev->queue_depth value
leaves ATA_DFLAG_NCQ_OFF set.

Since ata_change_queue_depth() already checks whether queue_depth equals
sdev->queue_depth before calling scsi_change_queue_depth(), remove the
early check so that writing the current queue_depth > 1 clears
ATA_DFLAG_NCQ_OFF and re-enables NCQ.

Fixes: 45623d33bfc0 ("ata: libata-sata: Improve ata_change_queue_depth()")
Signed-off-by: Igor Pylypiv <ipylypiv@google.com>
---
Commit 45623d33bfc0 ("ata: libata-sata: Improve ata_change_queue_depth()")
didn't add the first queue depth check, but it changed the return value
of the second check from -EINVAL to sdev->queue_depth so it seemed like
a better candidate for the Fixes tag.

 drivers/ata/libata-sata.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sata.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sata.c
index 32fd0e804654..d917242ac136 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sata.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sata.c
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ int ata_change_queue_depth(struct ata_port *ap, struct scsi_device *sdev,
 	spin_lock_irqsave(ap->lock, flags);
 
 	dev = ata_scsi_find_dev(ap, sdev);
-	if (!dev || queue_depth < 1 || queue_depth == sdev->queue_depth) {
+	if (!dev || queue_depth < 1) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(ap->lock, flags);
 		return sdev->queue_depth;
 	}
-- 
2.56.0.317.g454f8302e1-goog


             reply	other threads:[~2026-10-29 18:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-29 18:44 Igor Pylypiv [this message]
2026-10-29 21:03 ` [PATCH] ata: libata-sata: allow re-enabling NCQ with the same queue_depth Niklas Cassel

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