Begin forwarded message: Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 15:12:31 +0200 (CEST) From: Marco Lamberto <lm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Spurious completions during NCQ Hi, I think that my drives should be NCQ blacklisted too. That's what I'm getting in my /var/log/messages: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct 13 13:55:52 ko kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x2 SAct 0x3f9 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: ata1.00: (spurious completions during NCQ issue=0x0 SAct=0x3f9 FIS=004040a1:00000004) Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:00:d0:5e:8f/00:00:0f:00:00/40 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: res 40/00:48:38:63:8f/00:00:0f:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:18:f8:7f:50/00:00:0d:00:00/40 tag 3 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: res 40/00:48:38:63:8f/00:00:0f:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/10:20:10:80:50/00:00:0d:00:00/40 tag 4 cdb 0x0 data 8192 out Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: res 40/00:48:38:63:8f/00:00:0f:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:28:a0:4a:5c/00:00:0d:00:00/40 tag 5 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: res 40/00:48:38:63:8f/00:00:0f:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:30:b8:d7:5c/00:00:0d:00:00/40 tag 6 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: res 40/00:48:38:63:8f/00:00:0f:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:38:30:5e:8f/00:00:0f:00:00/40 tag 7 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: res 40/00:48:38:63:8f/00:00:0f:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:40:e8:61:8f/00:00:0f:00:00/40 tag 8 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: res 40/00:48:38:63:8f/00:00:0f:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: ata1.00: cmd 61/08:48:38:63:8f/00:00:0f:00:00/40 tag 9 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: res 40/00:48:38:63:8f/00:00:0f:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: ata1: soft resetting port Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133 Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: ata1: EH complete Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 490234752 512-byte hardware sectors (251000 MB) Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off Oct 13 13:55:53 ko kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA Oct 13 13:57:56 ko kernel: ata2.00: exception Emask 0x2 SAct 0x1fff7 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen Oct 13 13:57:56 ko kernel: ata2.00: (spurious completions during NCQ issue=0x0 SAct=0x1fff7 FIS=004040a1:00040000) Oct 13 13:57:56 ko kernel: ata2.00: cmd 61/08:00:40:1b:b3/00:00:08:00:00/40 tag 0 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:57:56 ko kernel: res 40/00:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:57:56 ko kernel: ata2.00: cmd 61/08:08:e8:1d:27/00:00:0d:00:00/40 tag 1 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:57:56 ko kernel: res 40/00:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:57:56 ko kernel: ata2.00: cmd 61/08:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 tag 2 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:57:56 ko kernel: res 40/00:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:57:56 ko kernel: ata2.00: cmd 61/08:20:60:1b:f7/00:00:06:00:00/40 tag 4 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:57:56 ko kernel: res 40/00:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:57:56 ko kernel: ata2.00: cmd 61/08:28:80:1b:07/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 5 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:57:56 ko kernel: res 40/00:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:57:56 ko kernel: ata2.00: cmd 61/08:30:50:1b:2f/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 6 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:57:56 ko kernel: res 40/00:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:57:56 ko kernel: ata2.00: cmd 61/08:38:30:1b:3b/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 7 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:57:56 ko kernel: res 40/00:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: ata2.00: cmd 61/08:40:38:1b:43/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 8 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: res 40/00:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: ata2.00: cmd 61/08:48:58:1b:67/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 9 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: res 40/00:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: ata2.00: cmd 61/08:50:38:1b:6b/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 10 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: res 40/00:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: ata2.00: cmd 61/08:58:90:1b:97/00:00:07:00:00/40 tag 11 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: res 40/00:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: ata2.00: cmd 61/08:60:38:1b:53/00:00:0b:00:00/40 tag 12 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: res 40/00:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: ata2.00: cmd 61/08:68:60:1b:cb/00:00:0b:00:00/40 tag 13 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: res 40/00:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: ata2.00: cmd 61/08:70:30:1d:27/00:00:0d:00:00/40 tag 14 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: res 40/00:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: ata2.00: cmd 61/10:78:10:1d:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 tag 15 cdb 0x0 data 8192 out Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: res 40/00:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: ata2.00: cmd 61/08:80:58:1d:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 tag 16 cdb 0x0 data 4096 out Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: res 40/00:10:40:1c:4b/00:00:0d:00:00/40 Emask 0x2 (HSM violation) Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: ata2: soft resetting port Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: ata2: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: ata2.00: configured for UDMA/133 Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: ata2: EH complete Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 490234752 512-byte hardware sectors (251000 MB) Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off Oct 13 13:57:57 ko kernel: sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here follows the hdparm -I output. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /dev/sda: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: Maxtor 6V250F0 Serial Number: V596ZL5G Firmware Revision: VA111630 Standards: Used: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 0 Supported: 7 6 5 4 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 16383 16383 heads 16 16 sectors/track 63 63 -- CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064 LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455 LBA48 user addressable sectors: 490234752 device size with M = 1024*1024: 239372 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 251000 MBytes (251 GB) Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) Queue depth: 32 Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16 Advanced power management level: unknown setting (0x0000) Recommended acoustic management value: 192, current value: 254 DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported: * SMART feature set Security Mode feature set * Power Management feature set * Write cache * Look-ahead * Host Protected Area feature set * WRITE_VERIFY command * WRITE_BUFFER command * READ_BUFFER command * NOP cmd * DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE Advanced Power Management feature set SET_MAX security extension * Automatic Acoustic Management feature set * 48-bit Address feature set * Device Configuration Overlay feature set * Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE * FLUSH_CACHE_EXT * SMART error logging * SMART self-test Media Card Pass-Through * General Purpose Logging feature set * WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT * 64-bit World wide name * URG for READ_STREAM[_DMA]_EXT * URG for WRITE_STREAM[_DMA]_EXT * SATA-I signaling speed (1.5Gb/s) * SATA-II signaling speed (3.0Gb/s) * Native Command Queueing (NCQ) * Host-initiated interface power management * Software settings preservation * SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set * SCT Data Tables (AC5) Security: Master password revision code = 65534 supported not enabled not locked not frozen not expired: security count not supported: enhanced erase Checksum: correct ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /dev/sdb: ATA device, with non-removable media Model Number: Maxtor 6V250F0 Serial Number: V596ZJ3G Firmware Revision: VA111630 Standards: Used: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 0 Supported: 7 6 5 4 Configuration: Logical max current cylinders 16383 16383 heads 16 16 sectors/track 63 63 -- CHS current addressable sectors: 16514064 LBA user addressable sectors: 268435455 LBA48 user addressable sectors: 490234752 device size with M = 1024*1024: 239372 MBytes device size with M = 1000*1000: 251000 MBytes (251 GB) Capabilities: LBA, IORDY(can be disabled) Queue depth: 32 Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16 Current = 16 Advanced power management level: unknown setting (0x0000) Recommended acoustic management value: 192, current value: 254 DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 Cycle time: no flow control=120ns IORDY flow control=120ns Commands/features: Enabled Supported: * SMART feature set Security Mode feature set * Power Management feature set * Write cache * Look-ahead * Host Protected Area feature set * WRITE_VERIFY command * WRITE_BUFFER command * READ_BUFFER command * NOP cmd * DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE Advanced Power Management feature set SET_MAX security extension * Automatic Acoustic Management feature set * 48-bit Address feature set * Device Configuration Overlay feature set * Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE * FLUSH_CACHE_EXT * SMART error logging * SMART self-test Media Card Pass-Through * General Purpose Logging feature set * WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT * 64-bit World wide name * URG for READ_STREAM[_DMA]_EXT * URG for WRITE_STREAM[_DMA]_EXT * SATA-I signaling speed (1.5Gb/s) * SATA-II signaling speed (3.0Gb/s) * Native Command Queueing (NCQ) * Host-initiated interface power management * Software settings preservation * SMART Command Transport (SCT) feature set * SCT Data Tables (AC5) Security: Master password revision code = 65534 supported not enabled not locked not frozen not expired: security count not supported: enhanced erase Checksum: correct 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