linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3] pata_legacy: Add `probe_mask' parameter like with ide-generic

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Date:   Sun, 21 Mar 2021 20:55:32 +0100 (CET)
From:   "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@...am.me.uk>
To:     linux-ide@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] pata_legacy: Add `probe_mask' parameter like with
 ide-generic

Carry the `probe_mask' parameter over from ide-generic to pata_legacy so 
that there is a way to prevent random poking at ISA port I/O locations 
in attempt to discover adapter option cards with libata like with the 
old IDE driver.  By default all enabled locations are tried, however it 
may interfere with a different kind of hardware responding there.

For example with a plain (E)ISA system the driver tries all the six 
possible locations:

scsi host0: pata_legacy
ata1: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 irq 14
ata1.00: ATA-4: ST310211A, 3.54, max UDMA/100
ata1.00: 19541088 sectors, multi 16: LBA
ata1.00: configured for PIO
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST310211A        3.54 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
scsi 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 19541088 512-byte logical blocks: (10.0 GB/9.32 GiB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
 sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
scsi host1: pata_legacy
ata2: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 irq 15
scsi host1: pata_legacy
ata3: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x1e8 ctl 0x3ee irq 11
scsi host1: pata_legacy
ata4: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x168 ctl 0x36e irq 10
scsi host1: pata_legacy
ata5: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x1e0 ctl 0x3e6 irq 8
scsi host1: pata_legacy
ata6: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x160 ctl 0x366 irq 12

however giving the kernel "pata_legacy.probe_mask=21" makes it try every 
other location only:

scsi host0: pata_legacy
ata1: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 irq 14
ata1.00: ATA-4: ST310211A, 3.54, max UDMA/100
ata1.00: 19541088 sectors, multi 16: LBA
ata1.00: configured for PIO
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST310211A        3.54 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
scsi 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 19541088 512-byte logical blocks: (10.0 GB/9.32 GiB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
 sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
scsi host1: pata_legacy
ata2: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x1e8 ctl 0x3ee irq 11
scsi host1: pata_legacy
ata3: PATA max PIO4 cmd 0x1e0 ctl 0x3e6 irq 8

Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@...am.me.uk>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |   11 +++++++++++
 drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c                       |    6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

linux-pata-legacy-probe-mask.diff
Index: linux-dolch/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-dolch.orig/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ linux-dolch/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -3627,6 +3627,17 @@
 			Set to non-zero to probe tertiary and further ISA
 			port ranges on PCI systems.  Disabled by default.
 
+	pata_legacy.probe_mask=	[HW,LIBATA]
+			Format: <int>
+			Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports.  Depending on
+			platform configuration and the use of other driver
+			options up to 6 legacy ports are supported: 0x1f0,
+			0x170, 0x1e8, 0x168, 0x1e0, 0x160, however probing
+			of individual ports can be disabled by setting the
+			corresponding bits in the mask to 1.  Bit 0 is for
+			the first port in the list above (0x1f0), and so on.
+			By default all supported ports are probed.
+
 	pata_legacy.qdi=	[HW,LIBATA]
 			Format: <int>
 			Set to non-zero to probe QDI controllers.  By default
Index: linux-dolch/drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c
===================================================================
--- linux-dolch.orig/drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c
+++ linux-dolch/drivers/ata/pata_legacy.c
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ module_param(probe_all, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(probe_all,
 		 "Set to probe tertiary+ ISA port ranges even if PCI");
 
+static int probe_mask = ~0;
+module_param(probe_mask, int, 0);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(probe_mask, "Probe mask for legacy ISA PATA ports");
+
 static int autospeed;
 module_param(autospeed, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(autospeed, "Chip present that snoops speed changes");
@@ -199,6 +203,8 @@ static int legacy_probe_add(unsigned lon
 			free = lp;
 		/* Matching port, or the correct slot for ordering */
 		if (lp->port == port || legacy_port[i] == port) {
+			if (!(probe_mask & 1 << i))
+				return -1;
 			free = lp;
 			break;
 		}