I would like to merge it for 2.6.21-final because this issue become quite urgent thanks to /etc/udev/scripts/hdparm.conf (the race is triggered by udev/hdparm tuning master device while the slave device is still being probed by the driver). Reviews/comments are greatly appreciated. [PATCH] ide: fix locking for manual DMA enable/disable ("hdparm -d") Since hwif->ide_dma_check and hwif->ide_dma_on never queue any commands (ide_config_drive_speed() sets transfer mode using polling and has no error recovery) we are safe with setting hwgroup->busy for the time while DMA setting for a drive is changed (so it won't race against I/O commands in fly). I audited briefly all ->ide_dma_check/->ide_dma_on/->tuneproc/->speedproc implementations and they all look OK wrt to this change. Cc: Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ide/ide.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) Index: b/drivers/ide/ide.c =================================================================== --- a/drivers/ide/ide.c +++ b/drivers/ide/ide.c @@ -1124,17 +1124,40 @@ static int set_io_32bit(ide_drive_t *dri static int set_using_dma (ide_drive_t *drive, int arg) { #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA + ide_hwif_t *hwif = drive->hwif; + int err = -EPERM; + if (!drive->id || !(drive->id->capability & 1)) - return -EPERM; - if (HWIF(drive)->ide_dma_check == NULL) - return -EPERM; + goto out; + + if (hwif->ide_dma_check == NULL) + goto out; + + err = -EBUSY; + if (ide_spin_wait_hwgroup(drive)) + goto out; + /* + * set ->busy flag, unlock and let it ride + */ + hwif->hwgroup->busy = 1; + spin_unlock_irq(&ide_lock); + + err = 0; + if (arg) { - if (ide_set_dma(drive)) - return -EIO; - if (HWIF(drive)->ide_dma_on(drive)) return -EIO; + if (ide_set_dma(drive) || hwif->ide_dma_on(drive)) + err = -EIO; } else ide_dma_off(drive); - return 0; + + /* + * lock, clear ->busy flag and unlock before leaving + */ + spin_lock_irq(&ide_lock); + hwif->hwgroup->busy = 0; + spin_unlock_irq(&ide_lock); +out: + return err; #else return -EPERM; #endif - 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