Re: BUG in scsi_lib.c due to a bad commit

[Barto <mister.freeman@laposte.net>]

Hello,

I solved the mystery,

I found that the element who triggers the bug ( random hang at boot with
kernel 3.17 and 3.18 ) is the combination of 3 elements :

- the use of a SATA DVD burner ( Liteon iHAS124 C ) on a ICH7 Sata controler
- the use of a gigabyte motherboard GA-P31-DSL3 ( bios F10A, ICH7
controler, intel P31 chipset )
- commit 74665016086615bbaa3fa6f83af410a0a4e029ee ( scsi: convert
host_busy to atomic_t )

If I connect this Sata DVD burner and a sata harddisk by using the SATA
ports of the motherboard then the bug will occur ( but the bug will
occur only on kernels 3.17 and 3.18, there is no problems with older
kernels, and no problems with Windows 7 )

If I disconnect the SATA DVD burner then the bug is gone, no problems
with kernels 3.17 and 3.18,

And if I connect the SATA DVD burner on my JMicron SATA/IDE PCIe card
then there is no problem, no bugs, this is a perfect workaround for my
problem, because I can use kernel 3.17/3.18 without problem with this
configuration.

But I don't know which element I should blame, my gigabyte motherboard ?
( faulty bios ? ) The use of "atomic_t" in scsi source code ? (
innapropriate way to handle SATA devices, it breaks compatibility with
some PC configurations ? )




Le 14/11/2014 08:32, Christoph Hellwig a écrit :
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 11:55:38PM +0100, Barto wrote:
>> it's interesting, with this commit
>> 74665016086615bbaa3fa6f83af410a0a4e029ee I have the bug :
>>
>> scsi: convert host_busy to atomic_t :
> 
> At this point we'll need a bisction between v3.16 as the last good
> point, and 74665016086615bbaa3fa6f83af410a0a4e029ee as the known bad
> point.
>