The patch titled
libata: don't fail ata device revalidation for bad _GTF methods
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
libata-dont-fail-ata-device-revalidation-for-bad-_gtf-methods.patch
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Subject: libata: don't fail ata device revalidation for bad _GTF methods
From: Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Experience suggests that the _GTF method may be bad. We currently fail
device revalidation in that case, which seems excessive.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c | 10 ++--------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff -puN
drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c~libata-dont-fail-ata-device-revalidation-for-bad-_gtf-methods
drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
---
a/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c~libata-dont-fail-ata-device-revalidation-for-bad-_gtf-methods
+++ a/drivers/ata/libata-acpi.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_acpi_stm);
*
* RETURNS:
* Number of taskfiles on success, 0 if _GTF doesn't exist or doesn't
- * contain valid data. -errno on other errors.
+ * contain valid data.
*/
static int ata_dev_get_GTF(struct ata_device *dev, struct ata_acpi_gtf **gtf,
void **ptr_to_free)
@@ -339,7 +339,6 @@ static int ata_dev_get_GTF(struct ata_de
ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_WARNING,
"_GTF evaluation failed (AE 0x%x)\n",
status);
- rc = -EIO;
}
goto out_free;
}
@@ -359,7 +358,6 @@ static int ata_dev_get_GTF(struct ata_de
ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_WARNING,
"_GTF unexpected object type 0x%x\n",
out_obj->type);
- rc = -EINVAL;
goto out_free;
}
@@ -367,7 +365,6 @@ static int ata_dev_get_GTF(struct ata_de
ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_WARNING,
"unexpected _GTF length (%d)\n",
out_obj->buffer.length);
- rc = -EINVAL;
goto out_free;
}
@@ -511,10 +508,7 @@ static int ata_acpi_exec_tfs(struct ata_
int gtf_count, i, rc;
/* get taskfiles */
- rc = ata_dev_get_GTF(dev, >f, &ptr_to_free);
- if (rc < 0)
- return rc;
- gtf_count = rc;
+ gtf_count = ata_dev_get_GTF(dev, >f, &ptr_to_free);
/* execute them */
for (i = 0, rc = 0; i < gtf_count; i++) {
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are
working-3d-dri-intel-agpko-resume-for-i815-chip.patch
libata-dont-fail-ata-device-revalidation-for-bad-_gtf-methods.patch
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