If the initial configuration fails early, n_sectors is left at zero. Checking against it during revalidation makes retried configuration fail due to n_sectors mismatch. Ignore zero n_sectors during revalidation. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: work/drivers/ata/libata-core.c =================================================================== --- work.orig/drivers/ata/libata-core.c +++ work/drivers/ata/libata-core.c @@ -3700,7 +3700,8 @@ int ata_dev_revalidate(struct ata_device goto fail; /* verify n_sectors hasn't changed */ - if (dev->class == ATA_DEV_ATA && dev->n_sectors != n_sectors) { + if (dev->class == ATA_DEV_ATA && n_sectors && + dev->n_sectors != n_sectors) { ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_INFO, "n_sectors mismatch " "%llu != %llu\n", (unsigned long long)n_sectors, - 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