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[PATCH 3/4] drivers: ata: wake port before DMA stop for ALPM

From: tj@kernel.org (Tejun Heo)
Date: 2016-01-08 16:36:14
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Hello,

On Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 04:03:32PM -0800, Florian Fainelli wrote:
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diff --git a/drivers/ata/libahci.c b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
index d61740e78d6d..b6664c579f9a 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
@@ -595,6 +595,58 @@ int ahci_stop_engine(struct ata_port *ap)
 	void __iomem *port_mmio = ahci_port_base(ap);
 	u32 tmp;
 
+	/*
+	 * On some controllers, stopping a port's DMA engine
+	 * while the port is in ALPM state (partial or slumber)
+	 * results in failures on subsequent DMA engine starts.
+	 * For those controllers, put the port back in active
+	 * state before stopping it's DMA engine.
+	 */
+	if (ap->flags2 & ATA_FLAG2_WAKE_BEFORE_STOP) {
...

So, I'm not too comfortable with open coding ALPM switching in
ahci_stop_engine().  Shouldn't it be possible to update and/or
refactor and reuse ahci_set_lpm()?
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--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ enum {
 
 	/* bits 24:31 of ap->flags are reserved for LLD specific flags */
 
+	/* struct ata_port flags2 */
+	ATA_FLAG2_WAKE_BEFORE_STOP = (1 << 0), /* wake link before DMA stop */
What's wrong with bits 2-5 in ATA_FLAG_* space?  Also, should this be
a ahci priv flag?

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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