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libata: allow LLDs w/o any reset method

PATCH In review Tejun Heo 3 participants 5 messages Mar 6, 2008 – Mar 11, 2008 libata

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PATCH 1/2 libata: allow LLDs w/o any reset method

Some old SFF controllers don't have any way to reset the channel. Currently, this isn't supported and libata EH causes an oops. Allow LLDs w/o any reset method and just assume ATA class in such cases.

---
 drivers/ata/libata-eh.c |   10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
drivers/ata/libata-eh.c +10 -0
Index: work/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
===================================================================
@@ -2150,6 +2150,15 @@ int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_link *link, 
 			ap->ops->set_piomode(ap, dev);
 	}
 
+	if (!softreset && !hardreset) {
+		if (verbose)
+			ata_link_printk(link, KERN_INFO, "no reset method "
+					"available, skipping reset\n");
+		if (!(lflags & ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_CLASS))
+			lflags |= ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_ATA;
+		goto done;
+	}
+
 	/* Determine which reset to use and record in ehc->i.action.
 	 * prereset() may examine and modify it.
 	 */
@@ -2254,6 +2263,7 @@ int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_link *link, 
 		lflags |= ATA_LFLAG_ASSUME_ATA;
 	}
 
+ done:
 	ata_link_for_each_dev(dev, link) {
 		/* After the reset, the device state is PIO 0 and the
 		 * controller state is undefined.  Reset also wakes up
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#1 lore raw

PATCH 2/2 libata-sff: handle controllers w/o ctl register

SFF incorrectly assumed that ctl register is available for all controllers while some old SFF controllers don't have ctl register. Make SFF handle controllers w/o ctl register by conditionalizing ctl register access and softreset method.

---
 drivers/ata/libata-sff.c |   36 ++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
drivers/ata/libata-sff.c +22 -14
Index: work/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
===================================================================
@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ u8 ata_irq_on(struct ata_port *ap)
 	ap->ctl &= ~ATA_NIEN;
 	ap->last_ctl = ap->ctl;
 
-	iowrite8(ap->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
+	if (ioaddr->ctl_addr)
+		iowrite8(ap->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
 	tmp = ata_wait_idle(ap);
 
 	ap->ops->irq_clear(ap);
@@ -81,12 +82,14 @@ void ata_tf_load(struct ata_port *ap, co
 	unsigned int is_addr = tf->flags & ATA_TFLAG_ISADDR;
 
 	if (tf->ctl != ap->last_ctl) {
-		iowrite8(tf->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
+		if (ioaddr->ctl_addr)
+			iowrite8(tf->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
 		ap->last_ctl = tf->ctl;
 		ata_wait_idle(ap);
 	}
 
 	if (is_addr && (tf->flags & ATA_TFLAG_LBA48)) {
+		WARN_ON(!ioaddr->ctl_addr);
 		iowrite8(tf->hob_feature, ioaddr->feature_addr);
 		iowrite8(tf->hob_nsect, ioaddr->nsect_addr);
 		iowrite8(tf->hob_lbal, ioaddr->lbal_addr);
@@ -167,14 +170,17 @@ void ata_tf_read(struct ata_port *ap, st
 	tf->device = ioread8(ioaddr->device_addr);
 
 	if (tf->flags & ATA_TFLAG_LBA48) {
-		iowrite8(tf->ctl | ATA_HOB, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
-		tf->hob_feature = ioread8(ioaddr->error_addr);
-		tf->hob_nsect = ioread8(ioaddr->nsect_addr);
-		tf->hob_lbal = ioread8(ioaddr->lbal_addr);
-		tf->hob_lbam = ioread8(ioaddr->lbam_addr);
-		tf->hob_lbah = ioread8(ioaddr->lbah_addr);
-		iowrite8(tf->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
-		ap->last_ctl = tf->ctl;
+		if (likely(ioaddr->ctl_addr)) {
+			iowrite8(tf->ctl | ATA_HOB, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
+			tf->hob_feature = ioread8(ioaddr->error_addr);
+			tf->hob_nsect = ioread8(ioaddr->nsect_addr);
+			tf->hob_lbal = ioread8(ioaddr->lbal_addr);
+			tf->hob_lbam = ioread8(ioaddr->lbam_addr);
+			tf->hob_lbah = ioread8(ioaddr->lbah_addr);
+			iowrite8(tf->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
+			ap->last_ctl = tf->ctl;
+		} else
+			WARN_ON(1);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -352,7 +358,8 @@ void ata_bmdma_freeze(struct ata_port *a
 	ap->ctl |= ATA_NIEN;
 	ap->last_ctl = ap->ctl;
 
-	iowrite8(ap->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
+	if (ioaddr->ctl_addr)
+		iowrite8(ap->ctl, ioaddr->ctl_addr);
 
 	/* Under certain circumstances, some controllers raise IRQ on
 	 * ATA_NIEN manipulation.  Also, many controllers fail to mask
@@ -459,13 +466,14 @@ void ata_bmdma_drive_eh(struct ata_port 
  */
 void ata_bmdma_error_handler(struct ata_port *ap)
 {
-	ata_reset_fn_t hardreset;
+	ata_reset_fn_t softreset = NULL, hardreset = NULL;
 
-	hardreset = NULL;
+	if (ap->ioaddr.ctl_addr)
+		softreset = ata_std_softreset;
 	if (sata_scr_valid(&ap->link))
 		hardreset = sata_std_hardreset;
 
-	ata_bmdma_drive_eh(ap, ata_std_prereset, ata_std_softreset, hardreset,
+	ata_bmdma_drive_eh(ap, ata_std_prereset, softreset, hardreset,
 			   ata_std_postreset);
 }
 
#2 lore raw
In reply to Tejun Heo
Quoted 3 lines · Tejun Heo

Some old SFF controllers don't have any way to reset the channel. Currently, this isn't supported and libata EH causes an oops. Allow LLDs w/o any reset method and just assume ATA class in such cases.

just to make sure, this is a must-have for 2.6.25 - it causes a boot regression on one of my boxes.

Ingo

#4 lore raw

BTW, nice work on patch #2 (make ctl optional). That removed a stumbling block preventing support for a few esoteric platform IDE drivers.

Jeff