ap->sector_buf is used as DMA target and should at least be aligned on cacheline. This caused problems on some embedded machines. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/libata.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h index c82695d..4234973 100644 --- a/include/linux/libata.h +++ b/include/linux/libata.h @@ -750,7 +750,8 @@ struct ata_port { acpi_handle acpi_handle; struct ata_acpi_gtm __acpi_init_gtm; /* use ata_acpi_init_gtm() */ #endif - u8 sector_buf[ATA_SECT_SIZE]; /* owned by EH */ + /* owned by EH */ + u8 sector_buf[ATA_SECT_SIZE] ____cacheline_aligned; }; /* The following initializer overrides a method to NULL whether one of -- 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