(cc linux-scsi) Hello, On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:35:23AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > (cc linux-ide) > > On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 22:47:32 -0300 (GFT) > werner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > The mailing list is anyhow blocking my mails, I suppose it didnt > > appear there, so I send my error report to you You can send it to > > someone wich can correct these erros Can you please provide more details on the circumstances? When did this happen and how reproducible is it? Which controller is in use (lspci -nn)? Please also attach full output of dmesg including the boot messages. > > ============================================== > > Mar 30 03:48:42 werner kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ > > Mar 30 03:48:42 werner kernel: WARNING: at drivers/ata/libata-core.c:5015 ata_qc_issue+0x1ba/0x33c() > > Mar 30 03:48:42 werner kernel: Hardware name: System Product Name > > Mar 30 03:48:42 werner kernel: Modules linked in: ipv6 snd_usb_audio snd_usbmidi_lib snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device rt2860sta(C) uvcvideo lp snd_hda_codec_realtek tpm_tis tpm tpm_bios rtc_cmos rtc_core rtc_lib asus_atk0110 snd_hda_intel 8139too snd_hda_codec snd_hwdep snd_pcm snd_timer k8temp atl1 snd soundcore snd_page_alloc i2c_nforce2 > > Mar 30 03:48:42 werner kernel: Pid: 0, comm: swapper Tainted: G C 2.6.39-rc1 #1 > > I assume that 2.6.38 was OK and that this is a post-2.6.38 regression? > > > Mar 30 03:48:42 werner kernel: Call Trace: > > Mar 30 03:48:42 werner kernel: [<c1a22e33>] ? ata_qc_issue+0x1ba/0x33c > > Mar 30 03:48:42 werner kernel: [<c103ce4b>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7a/0x8f > > Mar 30 03:48:42 werner kernel: [<c1a22e33>] ? ata_qc_issue+0x1ba/0x33c > > Mar 30 03:48:42 werner kernel: [<c103ce82>] warn_slowpath_null+0x22/0x24 > > Mar 30 03:48:42 werner kernel: [<c1a22e33>] ata_qc_issue+0x1ba/0x33c > > Mar 30 03:48:42 werner kernel: [<c1a2806c>] ata_scsi_translate+0xdd/0x10b > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c1a27d4f>] ? ata_gen_passthru_sense+0x125/0x125 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c1a28d98>] ata_scsi_queuecmd+0x178/0x1bb > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c17f9c5b>] scsi_dispatch_cmd+0x164/0x1ee > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c15526a0>] ? blk_add_timer+0x89/0xab > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c17ff113>] scsi_request_fn+0x348/0x483 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c154cae0>] __blk_run_queue+0x6c/0xce > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c154cfe0>] blk_run_queue+0x22/0x33 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c17fe80a>] scsi_run_queue+0x297/0x318 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c17ff3f9>] scsi_next_command+0x2d/0x39 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c17fff29>] scsi_io_completion+0x41f/0x457 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c1a108e4>] ? sd_done+0xe/0x26d > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c17ffa2a>] ? scsi_device_unbusy+0x80/0x86 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c17f99db>] scsi_finish_command+0xce/0xd6 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c17fcafd>] ? scsi_decide_disposition+0xe8/0x16e > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c1800058>] scsi_softirq_done+0xe3/0xeb > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c107da3b>] ? __rcu_process_callbacks+0x6b/0x227 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c155248f>] blk_done_softirq+0x5b/0x68 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c10423aa>] __do_softirq+0xa1/0x169 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c1042309>] ? irq_enter+0x4d/0x4d > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: <IRQ> [<c1079bf8>] ? irq_to_desc+0x8/0x1e > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c10421b8>] ? irq_exit+0x37/0x53 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c1004715>] ? do_IRQ+0x8b/0xa1 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c1df2330>] ? common_interrupt+0x30/0x40 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c10266c4>] ? native_safe_halt+0xa/0xc > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c10093ca>] ? default_idle+0xa5/0x11b > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c100986e>] ? c1e_idle+0xdd/0xe3 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c100262a>] ? cpu_idle+0x86/0x9c > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c1d7aaad>] ? rest_init+0x5d/0x5f > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c231981d>] ? start_kernel+0x317/0x31d > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c231931c>] ? kernel_init+0x12a/0x12a > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: [<c23190b6>] ? i386_start_kernel+0xb6/0xbd > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ---[ end trace 2f5b85b514efe967 ]--- > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE DMA > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: cmd ca/00:08:27:06:bc/00:00:00:00:00/e7 tag 0 dma 4096 out > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: res 50/00:00:4e:00:bc/00:00:00:00:00/e7 Emask 0x40 (internal error) > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY } > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE DMA > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: cmd ca/00:08:27:06:bc/00:00:00:00:00/e7 tag 0 dma 4096 out > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: res 50/00:00:af:88:e0/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x40 (internal error) > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY } > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE DMA > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: cmd ca/00:08:27:06:bc/00:00:00:00:00/e7 tag 0 dma 4096 out > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: res 50/00:00:af:88:e0/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x40 (internal error) > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY } > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE DMA > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: cmd ca/00:08:27:06:bc/00:00:00:00:00/e7 tag 0 dma 4096 out > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: res 50/00:00:af:88:e0/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x40 (internal error) > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY } > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE DMA > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: cmd ca/00:08:27:06:bc/00:00:00:00:00/e7 tag 0 dma 4096 out > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: res 50/00:00:af:88:e0/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x40 (internal error) > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY } > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x0 > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: failed command: WRITE DMA > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: cmd ca/00:08:27:06:bc/00:00:00:00:00/e7 tag 0 dma 4096 out > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: res 50/00:00:af:88:e0/00:00:00:00:00/e0 Emask 0x40 (internal error) > > Mar 30 03:48:43 werner kernel: ata1.00: status: { DRDY } The triggered condition is the following. if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ata_is_data(prot) && (!qc->sg || !qc->n_elem || !qc->nbytes))) goto sys_err; qc->nbytes is 4096 as printed out in "dma 4096 out" in the command error messages, so either qc->sg or n_elem is not initialized and both are initialized directly from the SCSI command using scsi_sglist(scmd) and scsi_sg_count(scmd), so the root cause could be in SCSI layer. Anyways, too little info to determine anything at this point. Thanks. -- tejun -- 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