[PATCH] sata_nv: don't use legacy DMA in ADMA mode (v3)

[PATCH] sata_nv: don't use legacy DMA in ADMA mode (v3)

[Robert Hancock]

We need to run any DMA command with result taskfile requested in ADMA mode
when the port is in ADMA mode, otherwise it may try to use the legacy DMA engine
in ADMA mode which is not allowed. Enforce this with BUG_ON() since data
corruption could potentially result if this happened. Also, fail any attempt to
try and issue NCQ commands with result taskfile requested, since the hardware
doesn't allow this.

Signed-off-by: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>

--- linux-2.6.24-rc3-git1edit/drivers/ata/sata_nv.c.before2	2007-11-25 16:28:58.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6.24-rc3-git1edit/drivers/ata/sata_nv.c	2007-11-25 16:31:09.000000000 -0600
@@ -792,11 +792,13 @@
 
 static void nv_adma_tf_read(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_taskfile *tf)
 {
-	/* Since commands where a result TF is requested are not
-	   executed in ADMA mode, the only time this function will be called
-	   in ADMA mode will be if a command fails. In this case we
-	   don't care about going into register mode with ADMA commands
-	   pending, as the commands will all shortly be aborted anyway. */
+	/* Other than when internal or pass-through commands are executed,
+	   the only time this function will be called in ADMA mode will be
+	   if a command fails. In the failure case we don't care about going
+	   into register mode with ADMA commands pending, as the commands will
+	   all shortly be aborted anyway. We assume that NCQ commands are not
+	   issued via passthrough, which is the only way that switching into
+	   ADMA mode could abort outstanding commands. */
 	nv_adma_register_mode(ap);
 
 	ata_tf_read(ap, tf);
@@ -1379,11 +1381,9 @@
 	struct nv_adma_port_priv *pp = qc->ap->private_data;
 
 	/* ADMA engine can only be used for non-ATAPI DMA commands,
-	   or interrupt-driven no-data commands, where a result taskfile
-	   is not required. */
+	   or interrupt-driven no-data commands. */
 	if ((pp->flags & NV_ADMA_ATAPI_SETUP_COMPLETE) ||
-	   (qc->tf.flags & ATA_TFLAG_POLLING) ||
-	   (qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_RESULT_TF))
+	   (qc->tf.flags & ATA_TFLAG_POLLING))
 		return 1;
 
 	if ((qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_DMAMAP) ||
@@ -1401,6 +1401,8 @@
 		       NV_CPB_CTL_IEN;
 
 	if (nv_adma_use_reg_mode(qc)) {
+		BUG_ON(!(pp->flags & NV_ADMA_ATAPI_SETUP_COMPLETE) &&
+			(qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_DMAMAP));
 		nv_adma_register_mode(qc->ap);
 		ata_qc_prep(qc);
 		return;
@@ -1445,9 +1447,21 @@
 
 	VPRINTK("ENTER\n");
 
+	/* We can't handle result taskfile with NCQ commands, since
+	   retrieving the taskfile switches us out of ADMA mode and would abort
+	   existing commands. */
+	if (unlikely(qc->tf.protocol == ATA_PROT_NCQ &&
+		     (qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_RESULT_TF))) {
+		ata_dev_printk(qc->dev, KERN_ERR,
+			"NCQ w/ RESULT_TF not allowed\n");
+		return AC_ERR_SYSTEM;
+	}
+
 	if (nv_adma_use_reg_mode(qc)) {
 		/* use ATA register mode */
 		VPRINTK("using ATA register mode: 0x%lx\n", qc->flags);
+		BUG_ON(!(pp->flags & NV_ADMA_ATAPI_SETUP_COMPLETE) &&
+			(qc->flags & ATA_QCFLAG_DMAMAP));
 		nv_adma_register_mode(qc->ap);
 		return ata_qc_issue_prot(qc);
 	} else

Re: [PATCH] sata_nv: don't use legacy DMA in ADMA mode (v3)

[Tejun Heo]

Robert Hancock wrote:
> We need to run any DMA command with result taskfile requested in ADMA mode
> when the port is in ADMA mode, otherwise it may try to use the legacy DMA engine
> in ADMA mode which is not allowed. Enforce this with BUG_ON() since data
> corruption could potentially result if this happened. Also, fail any attempt to
> try and issue NCQ commands with result taskfile requested, since the hardware
> doesn't allow this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>

Acked-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>

Thanks.

-- 
tejun

Re: [PATCH] sata_nv: don't use legacy DMA in ADMA mode (v3)

[Jeff Garzik]

Robert Hancock wrote:
> We need to run any DMA command with result taskfile requested in ADMA mode
> when the port is in ADMA mode, otherwise it may try to use the legacy DMA engine
> in ADMA mode which is not allowed. Enforce this with BUG_ON() since data
> corruption could potentially result if this happened. Also, fail any attempt to
> try and issue NCQ commands with result taskfile requested, since the hardware
> doesn't allow this.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>

applied #upstream-fixes

Please make sure to copy relevant NVIDIA engineers on your patches, 
since they are actively contributing patches to Linux too (and, well, 
its their hardware :))

	Jeff