linux-kernel - Re: sata_mv port lockup on hotplug (kernel 2.6.38.2)

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Date:	Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:22:42 +0200
From:	Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
To:	Bruce Stenning <b.stenning@...igovision.com>
Cc:	Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-ide@...r.kernel.org" <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: sata_mv port lockup on hotplug (kernel 2.6.38.2)

Hello,

I haven't followed the trace but,

> > __ata_port_freeze: ata4 port frozen
> > ata_port_schedule_eh: port EH scheduled
> > ata_eh_thaw_port: ata4 port thawed
> > ata_std_postreset: ENTER
> > ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 310)
> > ata_std_postreset: EXIT
> > ata_eh_revalidate_and_attach: ENTER
> > ata_eh_revalidate_and_attach: EXIT rc=-5
> > ata4.00: disabled
> > ata_eh_revalidate_and_attach: ENTER
> > ata_eh_recover: EXIT, rc=0
> > ata4: EH complete
> > ata_scsi_error: EXIT
> > ata_scsi_hotplug: ENTER
> > ata4.00: detaching (SCSI 3:0:0:0)
> > ata_scsi_hotplug: EXIT
> 
> Okay, so the ata_eh_thaw_port has raced (and won) against whatever was in the
> process of masking off the irq (the __ata_port_freeze?), which then completes
> leaving libata/sata_mv thinking the port is thawed while no further irqs get
> generated.
> 
> Could ata_port_freeze or __ata_port_freeze (which don't claim the ap's lock)
> have been invoked and then slept while ata_eh_thaw_port runs?

ata4 is reporting link down and the device is detached and port
disabled afterwards.  Doesn't seem to have much to do with
freezing/thawing?

-- 
tejun
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