linux-kernel - Re: HPA Resume patch

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Message-Id: <20060828210053.f0b58058.rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Date:	Mon, 28 Aug 2006 21:00:53 -0700
From:	"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Lee Trager <Lee@...turesInMotion.net>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>,
	B.Zolnierkiewicz@...a.pw.edu.pl, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...l.org, seife@...e.de
Subject: Re: HPA Resume patch

On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:14:34 -0400 Lee Trager wrote:

> Jens Axboe wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 27 2006, Pavel Machek wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi!
> >>
> >>     
> >>> This patch fixes a problem with computers that have HPA on their hard
> >>> drive and not being able to come out of resume from RAM or disk. I've
> >>> tested this patch on 2.6.17.x and 2.6.18-rc4 and it works great on both
> >>> of these. This patch also fixes the bug #6840. This is my first patch to
> >>> the kernel and I was told to e-mail the above people to get my patch
> >>> into the kernel.
> >>>       
> >> Congratulations for a first patch.
> >>
> >>     
> >>> If I made a mistake please be gentle and correct me ;)
> >>>       
> >> We'll need signed-off-by: line next time.
> >>
> >> Stefan, can we get this some testing? Or anyone else with thinkpad
> >> with host-protected area still enabled?
> >>     
> >
> > It has design issues, at someone else already noticed. hpa restore needs
> > to be a driver private step, included in the resume state machine. The
> > current patch is a gross layering violation.
> >
> > But thanks to Lee for taking a stab at this, I hope he'll continue and
> > get it polished :-)
> >
> >   
> Ok I redid the patch following exactly what Sergey and Randy said. This
> problem happens on any computer that has HPA on their drive when they
> come back from resume so I don't think you have to only test this with
> Thinkpad users. Anyway my only question is how to I get my patched
> signed off by someone?

You do that :) after you read Documentation/SubmittingPatches and can "sign off"
on the patch.


> Thanks for all your help!
> 
> --- linux-2.6.18-rc4-old/include/linux/ide.h	2006-08-19 03:49:03.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6.18-rc4/include/linux/ide.h	2006-08-28 05:45:06.000000000 -0400
> @@ -987,6 +987,7 @@ typedef struct ide_driver_s {
>  	int		(*probe)(ide_drive_t *);
>  	void		(*remove)(ide_drive_t *);
>  	void		(*shutdown)(ide_drive_t *);
> +	void		(*resume)(ide_drive_t *);
>  } ide_driver_t;
>  
>  #define to_ide_driver(drv) container_of(drv, ide_driver_t, gen_driver)
> --- linux-2.6.18-rc4-old/drivers/ide/ide.c	2006-08-19 03:49:03.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6.18-rc4/drivers/ide/ide.c	2006-08-28 21:38:50.000000000 -0400
> @@ -1229,9 +1229,11 @@ static int generic_ide_suspend(struct de
>  static int generic_ide_resume(struct device *dev)
>  {
>  	ide_drive_t *drive = dev->driver_data;
> +	ide_driver_t *drv = to_ide_driver(dev->driver);
>  	struct request rq;
>  	struct request_pm_state rqpm;
>  	ide_task_t args;
> +	int err;
>  
>  	memset(&rq, 0, sizeof(rq));
>  	memset(&rqpm, 0, sizeof(rqpm));
> @@ -1242,7 +1244,12 @@ static int generic_ide_resume(struct dev
>  	rqpm.pm_step = ide_pm_state_start_resume;
>  	rqpm.pm_state = PM_EVENT_ON;
>  
> -	return ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, &rq, ide_head_wait);
> +	err = ide_do_drive_cmd(drive, &rq, ide_head_wait);
> +
> +	if (err == 0 && drv->resume)
> +		drv->resume(drive);
> +
> +	return err;
>  }
>  
>  int generic_ide_ioctl(ide_drive_t *drive, struct file *file, struct block_device *bdev,
> --- linux-2.6.18-rc4-old/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c	2006-08-19 03:49:03.000000000 -0400
> +++ linux-2.6.18-rc4/drivers/ide/ide-disk.c	2006-08-28 21:54:17.000000000 -0400
> @@ -1024,6 +1024,17 @@ static void ide_disk_release(struct kref
>  
>  static int ide_disk_probe(ide_drive_t *drive);
>  
> +/*
> + * On HPA drives the capacity needs to be
> + * reinitilized on resume otherwise the disk
> + * can not be used and a hard reset is required
> + */
> +static void ide_disk_resume(ide_drive_t *drive)
> +{
> +	if (idedisk_supports_hpa(drive->id))
> +		init_idedisk_capacity(drive);
> +}
> +
>  static void ide_device_shutdown(ide_drive_t *drive)
>  {
>  #ifdef	CONFIG_ALPHA
> @@ -1067,6 +1078,7 @@ static ide_driver_t idedisk_driver = {
>  	.error			= __ide_error,
>  	.abort			= __ide_abort,
>  	.proc			= idedisk_proc,
> +	.resume			= ide_disk_resume,
>  };
>  
>  static int idedisk_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)


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~Randy
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