From: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] libata: Drain data on errors
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:48:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49C99B98.30008@garzik.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090324102230.9152.26655.stgit@localhost.localdomain>
Alan Cox wrote:
> From: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
>
> If the device is signalling that there is data to drain after an error we
> should read the bytes out and throw them away. Without this some devices
> and controllers get wedged and don't recover.
>
> Based on earlier work by Mark Lord
>
> Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
> ---
>
> drivers/ata/libata-sff.c | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> drivers/ata/pata_pcmcia.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> include/linux/libata.h | 3 +++
> 3 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
applied
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-03-25 2:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-03-24 10:21 [PATCH 0/4] libata patches for 2.6.30 Alan Cox
2009-03-24 10:21 ` [PATCH 1/4] pata_artop: Serializing support Alan Cox
2009-03-25 2:46 ` Jeff Garzik
2009-03-24 10:22 ` [PATCH 2/4] pata_sc1200: Activate secondary channel Alan Cox
2009-03-24 10:23 ` [PATCH 3/4] libata: Drain data on errors Alan Cox
2009-03-25 2:48 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
2009-03-24 10:23 ` [PATCH 4/4] libata: Improve timeout handling Alan Cox
2009-03-25 2:51 ` Jeff Garzik
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