patch 3/7: move ata_altstatus() out from ata_hsm_move() to the pio data xfer functions. Functions like ata_pio_sectors() and atapi_pio_bytes() know better if the flush is needed. Signed-off-by: Albert Lee <albertcc@xxxxxxxxxx> --- diff -Nrup 02_flush_fix/drivers/ata/libata-core.c 03_smart_flush/drivers/ata/libata-core.c --- 02_flush_fix/drivers/ata/libata-core.c 2007-05-11 11:14:04.000000000 +0800 +++ 03_smart_flush/drivers/ata/libata-core.c 2007-05-11 10:24:19.000000000 +0800 @@ -4031,7 +4031,7 @@ void ata_data_xfer_noirq(struct ata_devi * Inherited from caller. */ -static void ata_pio_sector(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc) +static void ata_pio_sector(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc, int last) { int do_write = (qc->tf.flags & ATA_TFLAG_WRITE); struct scatterlist *sg = qc->__sg; @@ -4069,6 +4069,9 @@ static void ata_pio_sector(struct ata_qu ap->ops->data_xfer(qc->dev, buf + offset, ATA_SECT_SIZE, do_write); } + if (last) + ata_altstatus(ap); /* flush */ + qc->curbytes += ATA_SECT_SIZE; qc->cursg_ofs += ATA_SECT_SIZE; @@ -4100,9 +4103,9 @@ static void ata_pio_sectors(struct ata_q nsect = min((qc->nbytes - qc->curbytes) / ATA_SECT_SIZE, qc->dev->multi_count); while (nsect--) - ata_pio_sector(qc); + ata_pio_sector(qc, !nsect); } else - ata_pio_sector(qc); + ata_pio_sector(qc, 1); } /** @@ -4185,6 +4188,8 @@ next_sg: for (i = 0; i < words; i++) ap->ops->data_xfer(qc->dev, (unsigned char*)pad_buf, 2, do_write); + ata_altstatus(ap); /* flush */ + ap->hsm_task_state = HSM_ST_LAST; return; } @@ -4234,6 +4239,8 @@ next_sg: if (bytes) goto next_sg; + + ata_altstatus(ap); /* flush */ } /** @@ -4452,7 +4459,6 @@ fsm_start: */ ap->hsm_task_state = HSM_ST; ata_pio_sectors(qc); - ata_altstatus(ap); /* flush */ } else /* send CDB */ atapi_send_cdb(ap, qc); @@ -4533,7 +4539,6 @@ fsm_start: if (!(qc->tf.flags & ATA_TFLAG_WRITE)) { ata_pio_sectors(qc); - ata_altstatus(ap); status = ata_wait_idle(ap); } @@ -4552,13 +4557,11 @@ fsm_start: if (ap->hsm_task_state == HSM_ST_IDLE) { /* all data read */ - ata_altstatus(ap); status = ata_wait_idle(ap); goto fsm_start; } } - ata_altstatus(ap); /* flush */ poll_next = 1; break; - 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