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From: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@mvista.com>
To: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>,
	linux-ide@vger.kernel.org,
	Martin Mokrejs <mmokrejs@fold.natur.cuni.cz>,
	Grant Grundler <grundler@google.com>,
	Gwendal Grignou <gwendal@google.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] libata: skip old error history when counting probe trials
Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 15:10:18 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FA2679A.2040504@mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1336008189.5520.25.camel@minggr>

Hello.

On 03-05-2012 5:23, Lin Ming wrote:

> Commit d902747

    Please also specify the summary of that commit in parens.

> introduced ATA_EFLAG_OLD_ER to mark entries in the
> error ring as cleared.

> But ata_count_probe_trials_cb() didn't check this flag and it still
> counts the old error history. So wrong probe trials count is returned
> and it causes problem, for example, SATA link speed is slowed down from
> 3.0Gbps to 1.5Gbps.

> Fix it by checking ATA_EFLAG_OLD_ER in ata_count_probe_trials_cb().

> Cc: stable<stable@vger.kernel.org>  # 2.6.37+
> Signed-off-by: Lin Ming<ming.m.lin@intel.com>

MBR, Sergei

  reply	other threads:[~2012-05-03 11:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-03  1:23 [PATCH] libata: skip old error history when counting probe trials Lin Ming
2012-05-03 11:10 ` Sergei Shtylyov [this message]
2012-05-03 14:15   ` Lin Ming

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