linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/6] ide: fix setting nIEN on idle devices

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Date:	Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:39:32 +0100
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
To:	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] ide: fix setting nIEN on idle devices

From: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ide: fix setting nIEN on idle devices

Fix do_ide_request() to operate on previous device / port instead of
the current one.  The original code was wrong since at least Feb 2002
(2.4.0 timeframe).

Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@...il.com>
---
all patches are for pata-2.6 tree

 drivers/ide/ide-io.c |   10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Index: b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
===================================================================
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-io.c
@@ -724,7 +724,9 @@ void do_ide_request(struct request_queue
 	spin_lock_irq(&hwgroup->lock);
 
 	if (!ide_lock_hwgroup(hwgroup)) {
+		ide_hwif_t *prev_port;
 repeat:
+		prev_port = hwgroup->hwif;
 		hwgroup->rq = NULL;
 
 		if (drive->dev_flags & IDE_DFLAG_SLEEPING) {
@@ -734,13 +736,13 @@ repeat:
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (hwif != hwgroup->hwif) {
+		if (hwif != prev_port) {
 			/*
-			 * set nIEN for previous hwif, drives in the
+			 * set nIEN for previous port, drives in the
 			 * quirk_list may not like intr setups/cleanups
 			 */
-			if (drive->quirk_list == 0)
-				hwif->tp_ops->set_irq(hwif, 0);
+			if (hwgroup->drive->quirk_list == 0)
+				prev_port->tp_ops->set_irq(prev_port, 0);
 		}
 		hwgroup->hwif = hwif;
 		hwgroup->drive = drive;
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