From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Garzik Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] sata_mv: Prevent PIO commands to be defered too long if traffic in progress. Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:38:11 -0400 Message-ID: <4AD5C633.7050003@pobox.com> References: <> <1255387440-13313-1-git-send-email-gwendal@google.com> <1255387440-13313-2-git-send-email-gwendal@google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from [207.36.208.214] ([207.36.208.214]:41084 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760081AbZJNMiv (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:38:51 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1255387440-13313-2-git-send-email-gwendal@google.com> Sender: linux-ide-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org To: Gwendal Grignou Cc: mlord@pobox.com, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org On 10/12/2009 06:44 PM, Gwendal Grignou wrote: > Use excl_link when non NCQ commands are defered, to be sure they are processed > as soon as outstanding commands are completed. It prevents some commands to be > defered indifinitely when using a port multiplier. > > Signed-off-by: Gwendal Grignou > --- > drivers/ata/sata_mv.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- > 1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) An ACK from Mark, too, I hope? I'll give this a try on a Gen-IIE chip... Jeff