mirq-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Michał Mirosław) [1] reported a problem (bugzilla #7023) where a user initiated reset while the IDE layer was already resetting the channel caused a crash, and provided a rough fix. This is a slightly cleaner version of the fix which tracks the reset state and blocks further reset requests while a reset is in progress. Note this is not a security issue - random end users can't access the ioctl in question anyway. [1] This is what bugzilla.kernel.org calls him anyway Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx> diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla-2.6.18-rc5-mm1/include/linux/ide.h linux-2.6.18-rc5-mm1/include/linux/ide.h --- linux.vanilla-2.6.18-rc5-mm1/include/linux/ide.h 2006-09-01 13:39:19.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.18-rc5-mm1/include/linux/ide.h 2006-09-01 13:55:32.000000000 +0100 @@ -825,6 +825,9 @@ unsigned int sleeping : 1; /* BOOL: polling active & poll_timeout field valid */ unsigned int polling : 1; + /* BOOL: in a polling reset situation. Must not trigger another reset yet */ + unsigned resetting : 1; + /* current drive */ ide_drive_t *drive; /* ptr to current hwif in linked-list */ diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla-2.6.18-rc5-mm1/drivers/ide/ide.c linux-2.6.18-rc5-mm1/drivers/ide/ide.c --- linux.vanilla-2.6.18-rc5-mm1/drivers/ide/ide.c 2006-09-01 13:39:05.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.18-rc5-mm1/drivers/ide/ide.c 2006-09-01 13:53:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -1370,6 +1370,11 @@ */ spin_lock_irqsave(&ide_lock, flags); + + if (HWGROUP(drive)->resetting) { + spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ide_lock, flags); + return -EBUSY; + } ide_abort(drive, "drive reset"); diff -u --new-file --recursive --exclude-from /usr/src/exclude linux.vanilla-2.6.18-rc5-mm1/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c linux-2.6.18-rc5-mm1/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c --- linux.vanilla-2.6.18-rc5-mm1/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c 2006-08-30 18:31:46.000000000 +0100 +++ linux-2.6.18-rc5-mm1/drivers/ide/ide-iops.c 2006-09-01 13:53:03.000000000 +0100 @@ -998,6 +998,7 @@ } /* done polling */ hwgroup->polling = 0; + hwgroup->resetting = 0; return ide_stopped; } @@ -1057,6 +1058,7 @@ } } hwgroup->polling = 0; /* done polling */ + hwgroup->resetting = 0; /* done reset attempt */ return ide_stopped; } @@ -1143,6 +1145,7 @@ /* For an ATAPI device, first try an ATAPI SRST. */ if (drive->media != ide_disk && !do_not_try_atapi) { + hwgroup->resetting = 1; pre_reset(drive); SELECT_DRIVE(drive); udelay (20); @@ -1168,6 +1171,7 @@ return ide_stopped; } + hwgroup->resetting = 1; /* * Note that we also set nIEN while resetting the device, * to mask unwanted interrupts from the interface during the reset. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html