Jeff Garzik wrote:
Jeff Garzik wrote:
Tejun Heo wrote:
Hmmm.. The drive is issuing SDB FIS which completes already completed
tags. This could be dangerous. Depending on timing, it might end up
finishing a command which occupied the slot which hasn't been
processed yet. If a drive does this, NCQ shouldn't be enabled for
it. Can you post full boot dmesg?
I'm not sure the data supports that conclusion? PORT_IRQ_SDB_FIS is
quite normal and expected during NCQ operation, if that interrupt is
enabled. Just normal SDB:Entry and SDB:SetIntr states.
Strike that last part: PORT_IRQ_SDB_FIS will appear, as with other
status bits, even if the enable bit is not set.
So, you'll see that whenever you get an SDB FIS during normal operation.
The problem is with the second dword. Here are some of spurious SDB
FISes Ric's AHCI was receiving.
004040a1:10000000
004040a1:00000020
004040a1:00000080
If the second dword were all zero, it's simply SDB FIS turning on IRQ
(bit 14 of the first dword) and there's nothing to worry about.
However, all those spurious SDBs have one bit set in the second dword -
meaning the SDB completes the corresponding tag, but the tag isn't
active when those SDBs are received.
This is okay as long as the controller thinks the tags are unoccupied
when those SDBs are received, but it's not something which can be
guaranteed. NCQ command synchronization depends on devices not
completing the same commands more than once.
The duplicate completions might be okay if the drive guarantees it
doesn't send it if it loses to command issuance. e.g.
1. drive sends completion for tag x
2. drive shortly schedules another completion for tag x (spurious)
3. ahci/driver complete tag x
4. ahci/driver issues tag x
5. drive receives command for tag x before sending the spurious
completion and determines not to send the spurious completion. (not very
likely)
If above is true, the drive might be okay, but nobody can guarantee how
various controllers react. It depends on how controllers manage
SActive (when to turn bits on). At any rate, it's dangerous IMHO.
--
tejun
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