Please apply without the previous patch. Also, this is the correct version. -- tejun
[PATCH] sata_sil24: fix IRQ clearing race when PCIX_IRQ_WOC is used When PCIX_IRQ_WOC is used, sil24 has an inherent race condition between clearing IRQ pending and reading IRQ status. If IRQ pending is cleared after reading IRQ status, there's possibility of lost IRQ. If IRQ pending is cleared before reading IRQ status, spurious IRQs will occur. sata_sil24 till now cleared IRQ pending after reading IRQ status thus losing IRQs on machines where PCIX_IRQ_WOC was used. Reverse the order and ignore spurious IRQs if PCIX_IRQ_WOC. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <htejun@xxxxxxxxx> --- This fixes a long-standing IRQ loss problem (and accompanying timeouts) on sata_sil24. drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c | 16 ++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) Index: work/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c =================================================================== --- work.orig/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c +++ work/drivers/ata/sata_sil24.c @@ -889,6 +889,16 @@ static inline void sil24_host_intr(struc u32 slot_stat, qc_active; int rc; + /* If PCIX_IRQ_WOC, there's an inherent race window between + * clearing IRQ pending status and reading PORT_SLOT_STAT + * which may cause spurious interrupts afterwards. This is + * unavoidable and much better than losing interrupts which + * happens if IRQ pending is cleared after reading + * PORT_SLOT_STAT. + */ + if (ap->flags & SIL24_FLAG_PCIX_IRQ_WOC) + writel(PORT_IRQ_COMPLETE, port + PORT_IRQ_STAT); + slot_stat = readl(port + PORT_SLOT_STAT); if (unlikely(slot_stat & HOST_SSTAT_ATTN)) { @@ -896,9 +906,6 @@ static inline void sil24_host_intr(struc return; } - if (ap->flags & SIL24_FLAG_PCIX_IRQ_WOC) - writel(PORT_IRQ_COMPLETE, port + PORT_IRQ_STAT); - qc_active = slot_stat & ~HOST_SSTAT_ATTN; rc = ata_qc_complete_multiple(ap, qc_active, sil24_finish_qc); if (rc > 0) @@ -911,7 +918,8 @@ static inline void sil24_host_intr(struc return; } - if (ata_ratelimit()) + /* spurious interrupts are expected if PCIX_IRQ_WOC */ + if (!(ap->flags & SIL24_FLAG_PCIX_IRQ_WOC) && ata_ratelimit()) ata_port_printk(ap, KERN_INFO, "spurious interrupt " "(slot_stat 0x%x active_tag %d sactive 0x%x)\n", slot_stat, ap->link.active_tag, ap->link.sactive);