the driver uses libata's "tag" values from in various arrays. Since the mentioned patch bumped the ATA_TAG_INTERNAL to 32, the value of the SATA_DWC_QCMD_MAX needs to be bumped to 33. Otherwise ATA_TAG_INTERNAL cause a crash like this: | BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0x00000000 | Faulting instruction address: 0xc03ed4b8 | Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] | BE PAGE_SIZE=4K PowerPC 44x Platform | CPU: 0 PID: 362 Comm: scsi_eh_1 Not tainted 5.4.163 #0 | NIP: c03ed4b8 LR: c03d27e8 CTR: c03ed36c | REGS: cfa59950 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (5.4.163) | MSR: 00021000 <CE,ME> CR: 42000222 XER: 00000000 | DEAR: 00000000 ESR: 00000000 | GPR00: c03d27e8 cfa59a08 cfa55fe0 00000000 0fa46bc0 [...] | [..] | NIP [c03ed4b8] sata_dwc_qc_issue+0x14c/0x254 | LR [c03d27e8] ata_qc_issue+0x1c8/0x2dc | Call Trace: | [cfa59a08] [c003f4e0] __cancel_work_timer+0x124/0x194 (unreliable) | [cfa59a78] [c03d27e8] ata_qc_issue+0x1c8/0x2dc | [cfa59a98] [c03d2b3c] ata_exec_internal_sg+0x240/0x524 | [cfa59b08] [c03d2e98] ata_exec_internal+0x78/0xe0 | [cfa59b58] [c03d30fc] ata_read_log_page.part.38+0x1dc/0x204 | [cfa59bc8] [c03d324c] ata_identify_page_supported+0x68/0x130 | [...] this is because sata_dwc_dma_xfer_complete() NULLs the dma_pending's next neighbour "chan" (a *dma_chan struct) in this '32' case right here (line ~735): > hsdevp->dma_pending[tag] = SATA_DWC_DMA_PENDING_NONE; Then the next time, a dma gets issued; dma_dwc_xfer_setup() passes the NULL'd hsdevp->chan to the dmaengine_slave_config() which then causes the crash. Reported-by: ticerex (OpenWrt Forum) Fixes: 28361c403683c ("libata: add extra internal command") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx # 4.18+ Link: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/my-book-live-duo-reboot-loop/122464 Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@xxxxxxxxx> --- ticerex said when I've asked him about his real name+email for the patches: "Please use my forum nick." <https://forum.openwrt.org/t/my-book-live-duo-reboot-loop/122464/14> (I know checkpatch.pl complains about that. But what can you do?) --- drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c b/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c index bec33d781ae0..061b27584667 100644 --- a/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c +++ b/drivers/ata/sata_dwc_460ex.c @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ struct sata_dwc_device { #endif }; -#define SATA_DWC_QCMD_MAX 32 +#define SATA_DWC_QCMD_MAX 33 struct sata_dwc_device_port { struct sata_dwc_device *hsdev; -- 2.35.1