linux-kernel - Re: IO errors after "block: remove bio_get_nr

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Date:	Tue, 22 Dec 2015 10:20:16 +0500
From:	"Artem S. Tashkinov" <t.artem@...os.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	"Artem S. Tashkinov" <t.artem@...lcity.com>,
	Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Ming Lin <ming.l@....samsung.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>,
	IDE-ML <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>, Tejun Heo <htejun@...il.com>
Subject: Re: IO errors after "block: remove bio_get_nr_vecs()"

On 2015-12-22 01:07, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello, Artem.
> 
> Can you please apply the following patch on top and see whether
> anything changes?  If it does make the issue go away, can you please
> revert the ".can_queue" part and test again?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> ---
>  drivers/ata/ahci.h    |    2 +-
>  drivers/ata/libahci.c |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/drivers/ata/ahci.h
> +++ b/drivers/ata/ahci.h
> @@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ extern struct device_attribute *ahci_sde
>   */
>  #define AHCI_SHT(drv_name)						\
>  	ATA_NCQ_SHT(drv_name),						\
> -	.can_queue		= AHCI_MAX_CMDS - 1,			\
> +	.can_queue		= 1/*AHCI_MAX_CMDS - 1*/,		\
>  	.sg_tablesize		= AHCI_MAX_SG,				\
>  	.dma_boundary		= AHCI_DMA_BOUNDARY,			\
>  	.shost_attrs		= ahci_shost_attrs,			\
> --- a/drivers/ata/libahci.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
> @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ void ahci_save_initial_config(struct dev
>  		hpriv->saved_cap2 = cap2 = 0;
> 
>  	/* some chips have errata preventing 64bit use */
> -	if ((cap & HOST_CAP_64) && (hpriv->flags & AHCI_HFLAG_32BIT_ONLY)) {
> +	if ((cap & HOST_CAP_64)/* && (hpriv->flags & 
> AHCI_HFLAG_32BIT_ONLY)*/) {
>  		dev_info(dev, "controller can't do 64bit DMA, forcing 32bit\n");
>  		cap &= ~HOST_CAP_64;
>  	}

With the ".can_queue" part left intact the bug resurfaced. Full dmesg 
output is attached.
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