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authorMikael Pettersson <mikpe@it.uu.se>2010-01-09 23:32:06 +0100
committerJeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>2010-01-12 14:33:07 -0500
commita2342f46437cde56803a36fdf94da635a74ad41c (patch)
tree6cec79d175ca40743087a6f39a613d564a0cda10 /drivers/ata/sata_promise.c
parent066000dd856709b6980123eb39b957fe26993f7b (diff)
downloadlinux-a2342f46437cde56803a36fdf94da635a74ad41c.tar.gz
sata_promise: don't classify overruns as HSM errors
When sata_promise encounters an overrun or underrun error it
translates that to a libata AC_ERR_HSM, causing a hard reset.
Since over/under-runs were thought to be rare and transient,
this action seemed reasonable.

Unfortunately it turns out that the controller throws overrun
errors when e.g. hal polls a CD or DVD writer containing blank
media, causing long sequences of hard resets and retries before
EH finally gives up.

This patch updates sata_promise to classify over/under-runs as
AC_ERR_OTHER instead. This allows libata EH and upper layers to
retry or fail the operation as they see fit without the disruption
caused by repeated hard resets.

This fixes a problem using a DVD-RAM drive with sata_promise,
reported by Thomas Schorpp. I also tested it on a DVD-RW drive.

Signed-off-by: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@it.uu.se>
Tested-by: thomas schorpp <thomas.schorpp@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/ata/sata_promise.c')
-rw-r--r--drivers/ata/sata_promise.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_promise.c b/drivers/ata/sata_promise.c
index 07d8d00b4d34..63306285c843 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_promise.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_promise.c
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ static void pdc_error_intr(struct ata_port *ap, struct ata_queued_cmd *qc,
 	if (port_status & PDC_DRIVE_ERR)
 		ac_err_mask |= AC_ERR_DEV;
 	if (port_status & (PDC_OVERRUN_ERR | PDC_UNDERRUN_ERR))
-		ac_err_mask |= AC_ERR_HSM;
+		ac_err_mask |= AC_ERR_OTHER;
 	if (port_status & (PDC2_ATA_HBA_ERR | PDC2_ATA_DMA_CNT_ERR))
 		ac_err_mask |= AC_ERR_ATA_BUS;
 	if (port_status & (PDC_PH_ERR | PDC_SH_ERR | PDC_DH_ERR | PDC2_HTO_ERR