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From: Tejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
To: petkovbb@gmail.com
Cc: bzolnier@gmail.com, axboe@kernel.dk, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/15] ide-tape: remove back-to-back REQUEST_SENSE	detection
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:36:16 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49EAD470.50401@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090419072829.GA2906@liondog.tnic>

Hello,

Borislav Petkov wrote:
>> No, that's checking whether the _previous_ command was REQUEST_SENSE
>> which is guaranteed to be set if drive->failed_pc is not NULL.
>> drive->pc is set to the current command at the start of
>> ide_tape_issue_pc().
> 
> Damn! Now it all falls into place nicely, thanks for clarifying that. My
> original bug analysis was simply plain wrong.
> 
> So, drive->pc means two things: the previous command - until the moment
> when it is overwritten with the upcoming command from the current
> request _and_ the current command which is being issued.

And whether the previous pc is accessible or not depends on which
command it actually was and if failed_pc is set, it's guaranteed to be
valid.

> This is all quite b0rked...

Yeah, it's all way too fragile.  :-(

-- 
tejun

  reply	other threads:[~2009-04-19  7:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-04-17  9:33 [PATCHSET pata-2.6] ide: rq->buffer, data, special and misc cleanups, take#2 Tejun Heo
2009-04-17  9:33 ` [PATCH 01/15] block: clear req->errors on bio completion only for fs requests Tejun Heo
2009-04-17  9:33 ` [PATCH 02/15] ide-tape: remove back-to-back REQUEST_SENSE detection Tejun Heo
2009-04-17 10:23   ` Borislav Petkov
2009-04-17 10:35     ` Tejun Heo
2009-04-17 10:40       ` Tejun Heo
2009-04-17 11:03         ` Borislav Petkov
2009-04-17 21:12           ` Tejun Heo
2009-04-17 21:27             ` Mark Lord
2009-04-18 19:48             ` Borislav Petkov
2009-04-18 21:39               ` Tejun Heo
2009-04-19  7:28                 ` Borislav Petkov
2009-04-19  7:36                   ` Tejun Heo [this message]
2009-04-18 16:51     ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-04-18 21:42       ` Tejun Heo
2009-04-17  9:33 ` [PATCH 03/15] ide: use blk_run_queue() instead of blk_start_queueing() Tejun Heo
2009-04-17  9:33 ` [PATCH 04/15] ide: don't set REQ_SOFTBARRIER Tejun Heo
2009-04-17  9:33 ` [PATCH 05/15] ide kill unused ide_cmd->special Tejun Heo
2009-04-17  9:33 ` [PATCH 06/15] ide-cd: clear sense buffer before issuing request sense Tejun Heo
2009-04-17  9:33 ` [PATCH 07/15] ide-floppy: block pc always uses bio Tejun Heo
2009-04-17  9:33 ` [PATCH 08/15] ide-taskfile: don't abuse rq->buffer Tejun Heo
2009-04-17  9:33 ` [PATCH 09/15] ide-atapi: " Tejun Heo
2009-04-17  9:33 ` [PATCH 10/15] ide-cd: " Tejun Heo
2009-04-17  9:33 ` [PATCH 11/15] ide: add helpers for preparing sense requests Tejun Heo
2009-04-17  9:33 ` [PATCH 12/15] ide-cd: convert to using generic sense request Tejun Heo
2009-04-19  9:22   ` Borislav Petkov
2009-04-19  9:28     ` Tejun Heo
2009-04-19  9:30       ` Tejun Heo
2009-04-17  9:33 ` [PATCH 13/15] ide-atapi: convert ide-{floppy,tape} to using preallocated sense buffer Tejun Heo
2009-04-17  9:33 ` [PATCH 14/15] ide-cd,atapi: use bio for internal commands Tejun Heo
2009-04-17  9:33 ` [PATCH 15/15] ide-pm: don't abuse rq->data Tejun Heo
2009-04-18 16:32 ` [PATCHSET pata-2.6] ide: rq->buffer, data, special and misc cleanups, take#2 Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-04-18 20:04   ` Borislav Petkov
2009-04-18 21:43   ` Tejun Heo
2009-04-18 22:04     ` [GIT PATCH " Tejun Heo
2009-04-20 11:47       ` Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-04-20 11:59         ` Tejun Heo

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