Hello, again. On 12/01/2010 01:44 PM, Kyle McMartin wrote: > 00:1f.2 SATA controller [0106]: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series ... > Model Number: HITACHI HTS725032A9A364 Nothing peculiar. Hmm... okay, I think I've found what went wrong. Can you please try the following patch and see whether the problem goes away? diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c index 5e59050..17a6378 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c @@ -3275,6 +3275,7 @@ static int ata_eh_set_lpm(struct ata_link *link, enum ata_lpm_policy policy, struct ata_port *ap = ata_is_host_link(link) ? link->ap : NULL; struct ata_eh_context *ehc = &link->eh_context; struct ata_device *dev, *link_dev = NULL, *lpm_dev = NULL; + enum ata_lpm_policy old_policy = link->lpm_policy; unsigned int hints = ATA_LPM_EMPTY | ATA_LPM_HIPM; unsigned int err_mask; int rc; @@ -3338,6 +3339,14 @@ static int ata_eh_set_lpm(struct ata_link *link, enum ata_lpm_policy policy, goto fail; } + /* + * Low level driver acked the transition. Issue DIPM command + * with the new policy set. + */ + link->lpm_policy = policy; + if (ap && ap->slave_link) + ap->slave_link->lpm_policy = policy; + /* host config updated, enable DIPM if transitioning to MIN_POWER */ ata_for_each_dev(dev, link, ENABLED) { if (policy == ATA_LPM_MIN_POWER && ata_id_has_dipm(dev->id)) { @@ -3353,12 +3362,14 @@ static int ata_eh_set_lpm(struct ata_link *link, enum ata_lpm_policy policy, } } - link->lpm_policy = policy; - if (ap && ap->slave_link) - ap->slave_link->lpm_policy = policy; return 0; fail: + /* restore the old policy */ + link->lpm_policy = old_policy; + if (ap && ap->slave_link) + ap->slave_link->lpm_policy = old_policy; + /* if no device or only one more chance is left, disable LPM */ if (!dev || ehc->tries[dev->devno] <= 2) { ata_link_printk(link, KERN_WARNING, -- 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