2017-06-17 20:00 GMT+02:00 Jonathan A. Kollasch <jakll...@kollasch.net>: > > I really think we need to make ata_xfer_init() private to > ata_queue_alloc(), and use ata_get_xfer() everywhere. That we can > fabricate an xfer on the stack anywhere that will trample all over an > active command slot is fundamentally wrong.
Any non-NCQ command which goes via atastart() is safe, since that routine makes sure there is only one non-NCQ command being executed by HBA. The on-stack xfer was carried over from previous design. I kept it mostly since I didn't want to change those codepaths to deal with xfer not being available. As far as I see, ahcisata(4) reset should be actually fine, since it does the reset without using the xfers/slots. I had a look at siisata_reset_drive(). That thing indeed can't reliably work as-is. Arguably it should be changed to use the on-stack xfer, currently it e.g. doesn't do anything if all slots are taken, which is wrong. I'll have a look. > ata_queue_downsize() currently appears to leak xfers. Additionally once > you put a QD1 drive on the channel you're stuck there forever, even if > you replace the channel population entirely with QD32 drives. Okay, I need to look at this - original assumption was that it's never called while there are other transfers. This is false with PMP. Jaromir
