Re: [PATCH #upstraem-fixes] ata_piix: detect and clear spurious IRQs

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Tejun Heo wrote:
The DMA_IRQ bit in the bmdma status register is always set when IDEIRQ
is asserted allowing spurious IRQ detection.  Detect spurious IRQs and
clear them.  This protects ata_piix against nobody-cared which gets
reported not so rarely.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
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 drivers/ata/ata_piix.c |   54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

It's tough to call this #upstream-fixes material, unfortunately... For this late into -rc, I am very nervous about changing the ATA interrupt path for millions of machines.

	Jeff




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