linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4.14 208/218] ata: libata-transport: fix {dma|pio|xfer}

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Date:   Mon, 13 Jun 2022 22:47:17 +0300
From:   Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <stable@...r.kernel.org>,
        Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@...nsource.wdc.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4.14 208/218] ata: libata-transport: fix
 {dma|pio|xfer}_mode sysfs files

On 6/13/22 1:11 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:

> From: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>
> 
> commit 72aad489f992871e908ff6d9055b26c6366fb864 upstream.
> 
> The {dma|pio}_mode sysfs files are incorrectly documented as having a
> list of the supported DMA/PIO transfer modes, while the corresponding
> fields of the *struct* ata_device hold the transfer mode IDs, not masks.
> 
> To match these docs, the {dma|pio}_mode (and even xfer_mode!) sysfs
> files are handled by the ata_bitfield_name_match() macro which leads to
> reading such kind of nonsense from them:
> 
> $ cat /sys/class/ata_device/dev3.0/pio_mode
> XFER_UDMA_7, XFER_UDMA_6, XFER_UDMA_5, XFER_UDMA_4, XFER_MW_DMA_4,
> XFER_PIO_6, XFER_PIO_5, XFER_PIO_4, XFER_PIO_3, XFER_PIO_2, XFER_PIO_1,
> XFER_PIO_0
> 
> Using the correct ata_bitfield_name_search() macro fixes that:
> 
> $ cat /sys/class/ata_device/dev3.0/pio_mode
> XFER_PIO_4
> 
> While fixing the file documentation, somewhat reword the {dma|pio}_mode
> file doc and add a note about being mostly useful for PATA devices to
> the xfer_mode file doc...
> 
> Fixes: d9027470b886 ("[libata] Add ATA transport class")
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@....ru>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@...nsource.wdc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> ---
>  Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ata |    5 +++--
>  drivers/ata/libata-transport.c      |    2 +-
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ata
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ata
> @@ -59,17 +59,18 @@ class
>  
>  dma_mode
>  
> -	Transfer modes supported by the device when in DMA mode.
> +	DMA transfer mode used by the device.
>  	Mostly used by PATA device.
>  
>  pio_mode
>  
> -	Transfer modes supported by the device when in PIO mode.
> +	PIO transfer mode used by the device.
>  	Mostly used by PATA device.
>  
>  xfer_mode
>  
>  	Current transfer mode.
> +	Mostly used by PATA device.

   Missed s/device/devices/, as I've reported already...

MBR, Sergey