On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 08:07:21PM +0900, Damien Le Moal wrote:
> Commit 2dc0b46b5ea3 ("libata: sata_down_spd_limit should return if
> driver has not recorded sstatus speed") changed the behavior of
> sata_down_spd_limit() to return doing nothing if a drive does not report
> a current link speed, to avoid reducing the link speed to the lowest 1.5
> Gbps speed.
>
> However, the change assumed that a speed was recorded before probing
> (e.g. before a suspend/resume) and set in link->sata_spd. This causes
> problems with adapters/drives combination failing to establish a link
> speed during probe autonegotiation. One exampe reported of this problem
s/exampe/example/
> is an mvebu adapter with a 3Gbps port-multiplier box: autonegotiation
> fails, leaving no recorded link speed and no rep@orted current link
s/rep@orted/reported/
> speed. Probe retries also fail as no action is taken by sata_set_spd()
> after each retry.
>
> Fix this by returning early in sata_down_spd_limit() only if we do have
> a recorded link speed, that is, if link->sata_spd is not 0. With this
> fix, a failed probe not leading to a recorded link speed is retried at
> the lower 1.5 Gbps speed, with the link speed potentially increased
> later on the second revalidate of the device if the device reports
> that it supports higher link speeds.
>
> Reported-by: Marius Dinu <marius@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: 2dc0b46b5ea3 ("libata: sata_down_spd_limit should return if driver has not recorded sstatus speed")
IIRC, checkpatch.pl with the default options should put the author on the
commit being fixed on CC. CC:ing the original author is a good practice IMHO.
> Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/ata/libata-core.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
> index 884ae73b11ea..2ea572628b1c 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
> @@ -3109,7 +3109,7 @@ int sata_down_spd_limit(struct ata_link *link, u32 spd_limit)
> */
> if (spd > 1)
> mask &= (1 << (spd - 1)) - 1;
> - else
> + else if (link->sata_spd)
> return -EINVAL;
>
> /* were we already at the bottom? */
> --
> 2.39.1
>
With typos fixed:
Reviewed-by: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@xxxxxxx>
