FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ata: libata-scsi: schedule deferred atapi command" failed to apply to 6.18-stable tree

[<gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

The patch below does not apply to the 6.18-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.18.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x e7468b3f9b404ac7c1329ef07c146c3356dfbd01
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026080550-flaring-quickstep-e60d@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.18.y' 'HEAD^..'

Possible dependencies:



thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From e7468b3f9b404ac7c1329ef07c146c3356dfbd01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:42:26 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] ata: libata-scsi: schedule deferred atapi command

Modify atapi_qc_complete() to call ata_scsi_schedule_deferred_qc() to
ensure that any deferred queued command can execute. This is similar to
ata_scsi_qc_complete() function for regular ATA devices.

Fixes: 0ea84089dbf6 ("ata: libata-scsi: avoid Non-NCQ command starvation")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
index 02b04de925f9..cd64787c4772 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
@@ -2993,6 +2993,7 @@ static void atapi_fixup_inquiry(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd)
 
 static void atapi_qc_complete(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 {
+	struct ata_link *link = qc->dev->link;
 	struct scsi_cmnd *cmd = qc->scsicmd;
 	unsigned int err_mask = qc->err_mask;
 
@@ -3022,12 +3023,12 @@ static void atapi_qc_complete(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 			ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, false, 0);
 		else
 			ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, true, SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION);
-		return;
+		goto schedule_deferred;
 	}
 
 	if (cmd->result) {
 		ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, false, 0);
-		return;
+		goto schedule_deferred;
 	}
 
 	/* successful completion path */
@@ -3035,6 +3036,9 @@ static void atapi_qc_complete(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
 		atapi_fixup_inquiry(cmd);
 
 	ata_scsi_qc_done(qc, true, SAM_STAT_GOOD);
+
+schedule_deferred:
+	ata_scsi_schedule_deferred_qc(link);
 }
 /**
  *	atapi_xlat - Initialize PACKET taskfile