--- libata-2.6-reorder/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c	2005-03-18 12:56:44.000000000 +0800
+++ libata-2.6-extrabytes/drivers/scsi/libata-core.c	2005-03-29 20:23:24.000000000 +0800
@@ -2338,6 +2338,23 @@
 		ap->pio_task_state = PIO_ST_LAST;
 
 next_sg:
+	/* check whether qc->sg is full */
+	if (unlikely(qc->cursg >= qc->n_elem)) {
+		unsigned char pad_buf[2];
+		unsigned int words = (bytes+1) >> 1; /* pad to word boundary */
+		unsigned int i;
+
+		DPRINTK("ata%u: padding %u bytes\n", ap->id, bytes);
+
+		memset(&pad_buf, 0, sizeof(pad_buf));
+		for (i = 0; i < words; i++) {
+			ata_data_xfer(ap, pad_buf, sizeof(pad_buf), do_write);
+		}
+
+		ap->pio_task_state = PIO_ST_LAST;
+		return;
+	}
+
 	sg = &qc->sg[qc->cursg];
 
 	page = sg->page;