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Message-ID: <20151116153133.GA18894@mtj.duckdns.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 10:31:33 -0500
From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To: Mark Lord <kernel@...rt.ca>
Cc: vinayak.kale@...il.com, linux-ide@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sumit.g.gupta@...gate.com,
Vinayak Kale <vinayak.kale@...gate.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] libata: add support for NCQ commands for SG interface
On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 08:47:19AM -0500, Mark Lord wrote:
> On 15-10-27 01:49 AM, vinayak.kale@...il.com wrote:
> >From: Vinayak Kale <vinayak.kale@...gate.com>
> >
> >This patch is needed to make NCQ commands with FPDMA protocol value
> >(eg READ/WRITE FPDMA) work over SCSI Generic (SG) interface.
> ..
> >+ /* For NCQ commands with FPDMA protocol, copy the tag value */
> >+ if (tf->protocol == ATA_PROT_NCQ)
> >+ tf->nsect = qc->tag << 3;
> >+
>
>
> What prevents the qc-tag value here from conflicting with in-flight I/O
> using the exact same qc-tag ??
The SG command doesn't set the tag, it's being set from an allocated
qc which can't otherwise be in-flight.
Thanks.
--
tejun
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