On Tuesday 24 August 2010 19:27:15 Tejun Heo wrote: > On 08/23/2010 05:11 PM, Anssi Hannula wrote: > > On Monday 23 August 2010 12:31:32 Tejun Heo wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> On 08/22/2010 11:10 PM, Anssi Hannula wrote: > >>> 22:52:18 : ata6: exception Emask 0x10 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x4050002 action > >>> 0xe frozen > >>> 22:52:18 : ata6: irq_stat 0x00400040, connection status changed > >>> 22:52:18 : ata6: SError: { RecovComm PHYRdyChg CommWake DevExch } > >>> 22:52:18 : ata6: hard resetting link > >>> 22:52:28 : ata6: softreset failed (device not ready) > >>> 22:52:28 : ata6: hard resetting link > >>> 22:52:38 : ata6: softreset failed (device not ready) > >>> 22:52:38 : ata6: hard resetting link > >>> 22:52:49 : ata6: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0) > >>> 22:53:13 : ata6: softreset failed (device not ready) > >>> 22:53:13 : ata6: limiting SATA link speed to 1.5 Gbps > >>> 22:53:13 : ata6: hard resetting link > >>> ===================== > >>> I disconnect the drive for a few moments, but nothing is output by > >>> kernel. I reconnect it again, but again, nothing is output by the > >>> kernel. I run: echo "- - -" > > >>> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/host5/scsi_host/host5/scan > >>> However, it appeared stuck and still no messages in the kernel log, so > >>> I disconnected the device again. Still nothing is output, and the > >>> following messages started to be output, indicating that the process > >> > >>> had become stuck: > >> Looks like EH got stuck somehow. Maybe the timeout calculation is > >> wrong? Can you please trigger sysrq-t while the system is stuck and > >> post the result? > > > > Ok, here's the output. And the system is not stuck, just the bash process > > that is writing to 'scan' file. > > > > In this occasion, the hard reset had been stuck for some 16 hours, and it > > is > > > on ata5 (scsi4): > Does the following patch fix the problem? Unfortunately (as I feared) I no longer have the drive. Now I feel bad, but I keep telling myself that an untestable report was still better than no report at all.. ;) > Thanks. Thanks for taking a look. The wrong parameter order looks like a clear bug indeed. > diff --git a/drivers/ata/libahci.c b/drivers/ata/libahci.c > index 666850d..68dc678 100644 > --- a/drivers/ata/libahci.c > +++ b/drivers/ata/libahci.c > @@ -1326,7 +1326,7 @@ int ahci_do_softreset(struct ata_link *link, unsigned > int *class, /* issue the first D2H Register FIS */ > msecs = 0; > now = jiffies; > - if (time_after(now, deadline)) > + if (time_after(deadline, now)) > msecs = jiffies_to_msecs(deadline - now); > > tf.ctl |= ATA_SRST; -- Anssi Hannula -- 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