linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH #upstream-fixes] libata: fix attach error handling

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Date:	Mon, 11 May 2009 14:33:13 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
CC:	Tim Connors <tconnors+linuxkml@...ro.swin.edu.au>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-ide@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH #upstream-fixes] libata: fix attach error handling

Tejun Heo wrote:
> New device attach path in ata_eh_revalidate_and_attach() is divided
> into two separate loops because ATA requires IDENTIFY to be issued to
> slave first while the user expects to see device probe messages from
> the master device.  new_mask is used to track which devices are the
> new ones between the first loop and the second.
> 
> This usually works well but if an error occurs during configuration
> stage, ata_dev_revalidate_and_attach() returns with error code and
> forgets new_mask.  On the retry run, dev->class is set and new_mask
> for the device is clear, so the device just gets revalidated and thus
> ends up skipping post-configuration procedure including scheduling of
> SCSI_HOTPLUG for the device.  When this occurs, ATA part of probing
> works fine but SCSI probing usually doesn't happen and makes the
> device unreachable.
> 
> The behavior has been around for a very long time but it has been
> uncovered with the recent addition of 1_5_GBPS horkage which uses
> -EAGAIN return value from ata_dev_configure() to restart the probing
> sequence after forcing cable speed.
> 
> This can be fixed by making sure dev->class is permanently set only
> after all configurations are successfully complete.  Fix it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
> Reported-by: Tim Connors <tconnors+linuxkml@...ro.swin.edu.au>
> ---
>  drivers/ata/libata-eh.c |   21 +++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

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