The {dma|pio}_mode sysfs files are incorrectly documented as having a list of the supported DMA/PIO transfer modes, while the corresponding fields of the *struct* ata_device hold the transfer mode IDs, not masks. To match these docs, the {dma|pio}_mode (and even xfer_mode!) sysfs files are handled by the ata_bitfield_name_match() macro which leads to reading such kind of nonsense from them: $ cat /sys/class/ata_device/dev3.0/pio_mode XFER_UDMA_7, XFER_UDMA_6, XFER_UDMA_5, XFER_UDMA_4, XFER_MW_DMA_4, XFER_PIO_6, XFER_PIO_5, XFER_PIO_4, XFER_PIO_3, XFER_PIO_2, XFER_PIO_1, XFER_PIO_0 Using the correct ata_bitfield_name_search() macro fixes that: $ cat /sys/class/ata_device/dev3.0/pio_mode XFER_PIO_4 While fixing the file misdocumentation, somewhat reword the {dma|pio}_mode file doc and add a note about being mostly useful for the PATA devices to the xfer_mode file doc... Fixes: d9027470b886 ("[libata] Add ATA transport class") Signed-off-by: Sergey Shtylyov <s.shtylyov@xxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- This patch is against the 'master' branch of Damien's 'libata.git' repo. Changes in version 2: - added the Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ata file, updating the patch description accordingly. Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ata | 11 ++++++----- drivers/ata/libata-transport.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) Index: libata/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ata =================================================================== --- libata.orig/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ata +++ libata/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-ata @@ -107,13 +107,14 @@ Description: described in ATA8 7.16 and 7.17. Only valid if the device is not a PM. - pio_mode: (RO) Transfer modes supported by the device when - in PIO mode. Mostly used by PATA device. + pio_mode: (RO) PIO transfer mode used by the device. + Mostly used by the PATA devices. - xfer_mode: (RO) Current transfer mode + xfer_mode: (RO) Current transfer mode. Mostly used by + the PATA devices. - dma_mode: (RO) Transfer modes supported by the device when - in DMA mode. Mostly used by PATA device. + dma_mode: (RO) DMA transfer mode used by the device. + Mostly used by the PATA devices. class: (RO) Device class. Can be "ata" for disk, "atapi" for packet device, "pmp" for PM, or Index: libata/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c =================================================================== --- libata.orig/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c +++ libata/drivers/ata/libata-transport.c @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static struct { { XFER_PIO_0, "XFER_PIO_0" }, { XFER_PIO_SLOW, "XFER_PIO_SLOW" } }; -ata_bitfield_name_match(xfer,ata_xfer_names) +ata_bitfield_name_search(xfer, ata_xfer_names) /* * ATA Port attributes