linux-kernel - Re: [git patches] libata hibernation fixes

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Date:	Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:43:49 +0100
From:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
To:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [git patches] libata hibernation fixes

On Sunday 11 January 2009, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Tejun Heo wrote:
> > Jeff Garzik wrote:
> >> This adds code at a late stage (heading towards -rc4), but does
> >> eliminate a particular spin-up overcycling behavior associated with
> >> hibernation.
> >>
> >> Rafael's extended description below...  Separated to make it easier to
> >> pull-or-not, separate from the other libata fixes.  There shouldn't be
> >> any merge trouble between the two.
> >>
> >> SATA: Blacklist systems that spin off disks during ACPI power off
> > 
> > Jeff, I think this should be merged into 2.6.29 unless Linus still
> > objects.  Linus, as discussed in this thread, this is workaround for a
> > hardware / firmware problem and vanilla windows also suffers the
> > problem, so as ugly as it is, we need this to prevent double spin down
> > on the machine.
> 
> Oh, I forgot to reply to this...  libata-2.6.git#hibern_regress no 
> longer applies cleanly.

There is a name conflict with a change applied after this patchset had been
created.  The appended patch fixes it for me.

> I'll try poking at it on Monday and get it cleaned up, as it is IMO a 
> bug fix and still should go in.

Thanks!

Best,
Rafael

---
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
index 9a81508..8f0f7c4 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/dmi_scan.c
@@ -415,10 +415,10 @@ void __init dmi_scan_machine(void)
 }
 
 /**
- *	dmi_match - check if dmi_system_id structure matches system DMI data
+ *	dmi_matches - check if dmi_system_id structure matches system DMI data
  *	@dmi: pointer to the dmi_system_id structure to check
  */
-static bool dmi_match(const struct dmi_system_id *dmi)
+static bool dmi_matches(const struct dmi_system_id *dmi)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ int dmi_check_system(const struct dmi_system_id *list)
 	const struct dmi_system_id *d;
 
 	for (d = list; d->ident; d++)
-		if (dmi_match(d)) {
+		if (dmi_matches(d)) {
 			count++;
 			if (d->callback && d->callback(d))
 				break;
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ const struct dmi_system_id *dmi_first_match(const struct dmi_system_id *list)
 	const struct dmi_system_id *d;
 
 	for (d = list; d->ident; d++)
-		if (dmi_match(d))
+		if (dmi_matches(d))
 			return d;
 
 	return NULL;

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