Hi, It seems that the following patch prevents errors when the policy is changed. Could anybody explain why? Thanks, Gabriele diff --git a/drivers/ata/libahci.c b/drivers/ata/libahci.c index 61a9c07..38d39f7 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/libahci.c +++ b/drivers/ata/libahci.c @@ -1708,7 +1708,10 @@ static void ahci_handle_port_interrupt(struct ata_port *ap, status &= ~PORT_IRQ_BAD_PMP; /* if LPM is enabled, PHYRDY doesn't mean anything */ - if (ap->link.lpm_policy > ATA_LPM_MAX_POWER) { + if (ap->link.lpm_policy > ATA_LPM_MAX_POWER || + ap->link.flags & ATA_LFLAG_CHANGED) { + if (ap->link.flags & ATA_LFLAG_CHANGED) + ap->link.flags &= ~ATA_LFLAG_CHANGED; status &= ~PORT_IRQ_PHYRDY; ahci_scr_write(&ap->link, SCR_ERROR, SERR_PHYRDY_CHG); } diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c index d2029a4..e8f965c 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c @@ -3489,6 +3489,8 @@ static int ata_eh_set_lpm(struct ata_link *link, enum ata_lpm_policy policy, } } + link->flags |= ATA_LFLAG_CHANGED; + return 0; fail: diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h index fc03efa..5abf5f2 100644 --- a/include/linux/libata.h +++ b/include/linux/libata.h @@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ enum { ATA_LFLAG_SW_ACTIVITY = (1 << 7), /* keep activity stats */ ATA_LFLAG_NO_LPM = (1 << 8), /* disable LPM on this link */ ATA_LFLAG_RST_ONCE = (1 << 9), /* limit recovery to one reset */ + ATA_LFLAG_CHANGED = (1 << 10), /* struct ata_port flags */ ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS = (1 << 0), /* host supports slave dev */ -- 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