1. 22 10月, 2010 1 次提交
  2. 15 5月, 2010 1 次提交
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      [libata] Disable R_OK (Early ACK) on SII 3726 PMP · 4f2c7748
      Grant Grundler 提交于
      In 2009, While running "cache read" performance test of drives behind
      SII PMP we encountered a "all 5 drives" timeout on more than 30% of the
      machines under test.  This patch reduces the rate by a factor of about 70.
      Low enough that we didn't care to further investigate the issue.
      
      Performance impact with any sort of "normal" use was ~2%+ CPU and less
      than 1% throughput degradation.  Worst case impact (cached read) was
      6% IOPS reduction. This is with NCQ off (q=1) but I believe FIS based
      switching enabled in the SATA driver.
      
      The patch disables "Early ACK" in the 3726 port multiplier.
      "Early ACK" is issued when device sends a FIS to the host (via PMP)
      and the PMP sends an ACK immediately back to the device - well before
      the host gets the response. Under worst case IOPs load (cached read
      test) and more than 2 PMPs connected to a 4-port SATA controller,
      I suspect the time to service all of the PMPs is exceeding the PMPs
      ability to keep track of outstanding FIS it owes the Host. Reducing
      the number of PMPs to 2 (or 1) reduces the frequency by several orders
      of magnitude. Kudos to Gwendal for initial debugging of this issue.
      [Any errors in the description are mine, not his.]
      
      Patch is currently in production on Google servers.
      Signed-off-by: NGrant Grundler <grundler@google.com>
      Signed-off-by: NGwendal Grignou <gwendal@google.com>
      Acked-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
      4f2c7748
  3. 30 3月, 2010 1 次提交
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      include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking... · 5a0e3ad6
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h
      
      percpu.h is included by sched.h and module.h and thus ends up being
      included when building most .c files.  percpu.h includes slab.h which
      in turn includes gfp.h making everything defined by the two files
      universally available and complicating inclusion dependencies.
      
      percpu.h -> slab.h dependency is about to be removed.  Prepare for
      this change by updating users of gfp and slab facilities include those
      headers directly instead of assuming availability.  As this conversion
      needs to touch large number of source files, the following script is
      used as the basis of conversion.
      
        http://userweb.kernel.org/~tj/misc/slabh-sweep.py
      
      The script does the followings.
      
      * Scan files for gfp and slab usages and update includes such that
        only the necessary includes are there.  ie. if only gfp is used,
        gfp.h, if slab is used, slab.h.
      
      * When the script inserts a new include, it looks at the include
        blocks and try to put the new include such that its order conforms
        to its surrounding.  It's put in the include block which contains
        core kernel includes, in the same order that the rest are ordered -
        alphabetical, Christmas tree, rev-Xmas-tree or at the end if there
        doesn't seem to be any matching order.
      
      * If the script can't find a place to put a new include (mostly
        because the file doesn't have fitting include block), it prints out
        an error message indicating which .h file needs to be added to the
        file.
      
      The conversion was done in the following steps.
      
      1. The initial automatic conversion of all .c files updated slightly
         over 4000 files, deleting around 700 includes and adding ~480 gfp.h
         and ~3000 slab.h inclusions.  The script emitted errors for ~400
         files.
      
      2. Each error was manually checked.  Some didn't need the inclusion,
         some needed manual addition while adding it to implementation .h or
         embedding .c file was more appropriate for others.  This step added
         inclusions to around 150 files.
      
      3. The script was run again and the output was compared to the edits
         from #2 to make sure no file was left behind.
      
      4. Several build tests were done and a couple of problems were fixed.
         e.g. lib/decompress_*.c used malloc/free() wrappers around slab
         APIs requiring slab.h to be added manually.
      
      5. The script was run on all .h files but without automatically
         editing them as sprinkling gfp.h and slab.h inclusions around .h
         files could easily lead to inclusion dependency hell.  Most gfp.h
         inclusion directives were ignored as stuff from gfp.h was usually
         wildly available and often used in preprocessor macros.  Each
         slab.h inclusion directive was examined and added manually as
         necessary.
      
      6. percpu.h was updated not to include slab.h.
      
      7. Build test were done on the following configurations and failures
         were fixed.  CONFIG_GCOV_KERNEL was turned off for all tests (as my
         distributed build env didn't work with gcov compiles) and a few
         more options had to be turned off depending on archs to make things
         build (like ipr on powerpc/64 which failed due to missing writeq).
      
         * x86 and x86_64 UP and SMP allmodconfig and a custom test config.
         * powerpc and powerpc64 SMP allmodconfig
         * sparc and sparc64 SMP allmodconfig
         * ia64 SMP allmodconfig
         * s390 SMP allmodconfig
         * alpha SMP allmodconfig
         * um on x86_64 SMP allmodconfig
      
      8. percpu.h modifications were reverted so that it could be applied as
         a separate patch and serve as bisection point.
      
      Given the fact that I had only a couple of failures from tests on step
      6, I'm fairly confident about the coverage of this conversion patch.
      If there is a breakage, it's likely to be something in one of the arch
      headers which should be easily discoverable easily on most builds of
      the specific arch.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Guess-its-ok-by: NChristoph Lameter <cl@linux-foundation.org>
      Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
      Cc: Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@hp.com>
      5a0e3ad6
  4. 09 9月, 2009 1 次提交
  5. 03 2月, 2009 1 次提交
  6. 29 12月, 2008 1 次提交
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      libata: beef up iterators · 1eca4365
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      There currently are the following looping constructs.
      
      * __ata_port_for_each_link() for all available links
      * ata_port_for_each_link() for edge links
      * ata_link_for_each_dev() for all devices
      * ata_link_for_each_dev_reverse() for all devices in reverse order
      
      Now there's a need for looping construct which is similar to
      __ata_port_for_each_link() but iterates over PMP links before the host
      link.  Instead of adding another one with long name, do the following
      cleanup.
      
      * Implement and export ata_link_next() and ata_dev_next() which take
        @mode parameter and can be used to build custom loop.
      * Implement ata_for_each_link() and ata_for_each_dev() which take
        looping mode explicitly.
      
      The following iteration modes are implemented.
      
      * ATA_LITER_EDGE		: loop over edge links
      * ATA_LITER_HOST_FIRST		: loop over all links, host link first
      * ATA_LITER_PMP_FIRST		: loop over all links, PMP links first
      
      * ATA_DITER_ENABLED		: loop over enabled devices
      * ATA_DITER_ENABLED_REVERSE	: loop over enabled devices in reverse order
      * ATA_DITER_ALL			: loop over all devices
      * ATA_DITER_ALL_REVERSE		: loop over all devices in reverse order
      
      This change removes exlicit device enabledness checks from many loops
      and makes it clear which ones are iterated over in which direction.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
      Signed-off-by: NJeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
      1eca4365
  7. 15 7月, 2008 2 次提交
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      libata: improve EH retry delay handling · 0a2c0f56
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      EH retries were delayed by 5 seconds to ensure that resets don't occur
      back-to-back.  However, this 5 second delay is superflous or excessive
      in many cases.  For example, after IDENTIFY times out, there's no
      reason to wait five more seconds before retrying.
      
      This patch adds ehc->last_reset timestamp and record the timestamp for
      the last reset trial or success and uses it to space resets by
      ATA_EH_RESET_COOL_DOWN which is 5 secs and removes unconditional 5 sec
      sleeps.
      
      As this change makes inter-try waits often shorter and they're
      redundant in nature, this patch also removes the "retrying..."
      messages.
      
      While at it, convert explicit rounding up division to DIV_ROUND_UP().
      
      This change speeds up EH in many cases w/o sacrificing robustness.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
      0a2c0f56
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      libata: consistently use msecs for time durations · 341c2c95
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      libata has been using mix of jiffies and msecs for time druations.
      This is getting confusing.  As writing sub HZ values in jiffies is
      PITA and msecs_to_jiffies() can't be used as initializer, unify unit
      for all time durations to msecs.  So, durations are in msecs and
      deadlines are in jiffies.  ata_deadline() is added to compute deadline
      from a start time and duration in msecs.
      
      While at it, drop now superflous _msec suffix from arguments and
      rename @timeout to @deadline if it represents a fixed point in time
      rather than duration.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
      341c2c95
  8. 31 5月, 2008 1 次提交
  9. 20 5月, 2008 3 次提交
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      libata: make sure PMP notification is turned off during recovery · f1bbfb90
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      PMP notification during reset can make some controllers fail reset
      processing and needs to be turned off during resets.  PMP attach and
      full-revalidation path did this via sata_pmp_configure() but the quick
      revalidation wasn't.  Move the notification disable code right above
      fan-out port recovery so that it's always turned off.
      
      This fixes obscure reset failures.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
      f1bbfb90
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      libata: increase PMP register access timeout to 3s · bf1bff6f
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      This timeout was set low because previously PMP register access was
      done via polling and register access timeouts could stack up.  This is
      no longer the case.  One timeout will make all following accesses fail
      immediately.
      
      In rare cases both marvell and SIMG PMPs need almost a second.  Bump
      it to 3s.
      
      While at it, rename it to SATA_PMP_RW_TIMEOUT.  It's not specific to
      SCR access.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
      bf1bff6f
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      libata: move reset freeze/thaw handling into ata_eh_reset() · dc98c32c
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Previously reset freeze/thaw handling lived outside of ata_eh_reset()
      mainly because the original PMP reset code needed the port frozen
      while resetting all the fan-out ports, which is no longer the case.
      
      This patch moves freeze/thaw handling into ata_eh_reset().
      @prereset() and @postreset() are now called w/o freezing the port
      although @prereset() an be called frozen if the port is frozen prior
      to entering ata_eh_reset().
      
      This makes code simpler and will help removing hotplug event related
      races.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
      dc98c32c
  10. 18 4月, 2008 10 次提交
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      libata: implement PMP helpers · 071f44b1
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Implement helpers to test whether PMP is supported, attached and
      determine pmp number to use when issuing SRST to a link.  While at it,
      move ata_is_host_link() so that it's together with the two new PMP
      helpers.
      
      This change simplifies LLDs and helps making PMP support optional.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      071f44b1
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      libata: separate PMP support code from core code · 48515f6c
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Most of PMP support code is already in libata-pmp.c.  All that are in
      libata-core.c are sata_pmp_port_ops and EXPORTs.  Move them to
      libata-pmp.c.  Also, collect PMP related prototypes and declarations
      in header files and move them right above of SFF stuff.
      
      This change is to make PMP support optional.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      48515f6c
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      libata: move PMP SCR access failure during reset to ata_eh_reset() · 5958e302
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      If PMP fan-out reset fails and SCR isn't accessible, PMP should be
      reset.  This used to be tested by sata_pmp_std_hardreset() and
      communicated to EH by -ERESTART.  However, this logic is generic and
      doesn't really have much to do with specific hardreset implementation.
      
      This patch moves SCR access failure detection logic to ata_eh_reset()
      where it belongs.  As this makes sata_pmp_std_hardreset() identical to
      sata_std_hardreset(), the function is killed and replaced with the
      standard method.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      5958e302
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      libata: clear SError after link resume · ac371987
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      SError used to be cleared in ->postreset.  This has small hotplug race
      condition.  If a device is plugged in after reset is complete but
      postreset hasn't run yet, its hotplug event gets lost when SError is
      cleared.  This patch makes sata_link_resume() clear SError.  This
      kills the race condition and makes a lot of sense as some PMP and host
      PHYs don't work properly without SError cleared.
      
      This change makes sata_pmp_std_{pre|post}_reset()'s unnecessary as
      they become identical to ata_std counterparts.  It also simplifies
      sata_pmp_hardreset() and ahci_vt8251_hardreset().
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      ac371987
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      libata: move generic hardreset code from sata_sff_hardreset() to sata_link_hardreset() · 9dadd45b
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      sata_sff_hardreset() contains link readiness wait logic which isn't
      SFF specific.  Move that part into sata_link_hardreset(), which now
      takes two more parameters - @online and @check_ready.  Both are
      optional.  The former is out parameter for link onlineness after
      reset.  The latter is used to wait for link readiness after hardreset.
      
      Users of sata_link_hardreset() is updated to use new funtionality and
      ahci_hardreset() is updated to use sata_link_hardreset() instead of
      sata_sff_hardreset().  This doesn't really cause any behavior change.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      9dadd45b
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      libata: make reset related methods proper port operations · a1efdaba
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Currently reset methods are not specified directly in the
      ata_port_operations table.  If a LLD wants to use custom reset
      methods, it should construct and use a error_handler which uses those
      reset methods.  It's done this way for two reasons.
      
      First, the ops table already contained too many methods and adding
      four more of them would noticeably increase the amount of necessary
      boilerplate code all over low level drivers.
      
      Second, as ->error_handler uses those reset methods, it can get
      confusing.  ie. By overriding ->error_handler, those reset ops can be
      made useless making layering a bit hazy.
      
      Now that ops table uses inheritance, the first problem doesn't exist
      anymore.  The second isn't completely solved but is relieved by
      providing default values - most drivers can just override what it has
      implemented and don't have to concern itself about higher level
      callbacks.  In fact, there currently is no driver which actually
      modifies error handling behavior.  Drivers which override
      ->error_handler just wraps the standard error handler only to prepare
      the controller for EH.  I don't think making ops layering strict has
      any noticeable benefit.
      
      This patch makes ->prereset, ->softreset, ->hardreset, ->postreset and
      their PMP counterparts propoer ops.  Default ops are provided in the
      base ops tables and drivers are converted to override individual reset
      methods instead of creating custom error_handler.
      
      * ata_std_error_handler() doesn't use sata_std_hardreset() if SCRs
        aren't accessible.  sata_promise doesn't need to use separate
        error_handlers for PATA and SATA anymore.
      
      * softreset is broken for sata_inic162x and sata_sx4.  As libata now
        always prefers hardreset, this doesn't really matter but the ops are
        forced to NULL using ATA_OP_NULL for documentation purpose.
      
      * pata_hpt374 needs to use different prereset for the first and second
        PCI functions.  This used to be done by branching from
        hpt374_error_handler().  The proper way to do this is to use
        separate ops and port_info tables for each function.  Converted.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      a1efdaba
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      libata: kill ata_ehi_schedule_probe() · b558eddd
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      ata_ehi_schedule_probe() was created to hide details of link-resuming
      reset magic.  Now that all the softreset workarounds are gone,
      scheduling probe is very simple - set probe_mask and request RESET.
      Kill ata_ehi_schedule_probe() and open code it.  This also increases
      consistency as ata_ehi_schedule_probe() couldn't cover individual
      device probings so they were open-coded even when the helper existed.
      
      While at it, define ATA_ALL_DEVICES as mask of all possible devices on
      a link and always use it when requesting probe on link level for
      simplicity and consistency.  Setting extra bits in the probe_mask
      doesn't hurt anybody.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      b558eddd
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      libata: kill ATA_EHI_RESUME_LINK · 672b2d65
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      ATA_EHI_RESUME_LINK has two functions - promote reset to hardreset if
      ATA_LFLAG_HRST_TO_RESUME is set and preventing EH from shortcutting
      reset action when probing is requested.  The former is gone now and
      the latter can easily be achieved by making EH to perform at least one
      reset if reset is requested, which also makes more sense than
      depending on RESUME_LINK flag.
      
      As ATA_EHI_RESUME_LINK was the only EHI reset modifier, this also
      kills reset modifier handling.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      672b2d65
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      libata: kill ATA_LFLAG_HRST_TO_RESUME · d692abd9
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Now that hardreset is the preferred method of resetting, there's no
      need for ATA_LFLAG_HRST_TO_RESUME flag.  Kill it.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      d692abd9
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      libata: prefer hardreset · cf480626
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      When both soft and hard resets are available, libata preferred
      softreset till now.  The logic behind it was to be softer to devices;
      however, this doesn't really help much.  Rationales for the change:
      
      * BIOS may freeze lock certain things during boot and softreset can't
        unlock those.  This by itself is okay but during operation PHY event
        or other error conditions can trigger hardreset and the device may
        end up with different configuration.
      
        For example, after a hardreset, previously unlockable HPA can be
        unlocked resulting in different device size and thus revalidation
        failure.  Similar condition can occur during or after resume.
      
      * Certain ATAPI devices require hardreset to recover after certain
        error conditions.  On PATA, this is done by issuing the DEVICE RESET
        command.  On SATA, COMRESET has equivalent effect.  The problem is
        that DEVICE RESET needs its own execution protocol.
      
        For SFF controllers with bare TF access, it can be easily
        implemented but more advanced controllers (e.g. ahci and sata_sil24)
        require specialized implementations.  Simply using hardreset solves
        the problem nicely.
      
      * COMRESET initialization sequence is the norm in SATA land and many
        SATA devices don't work properly if only SRST is used.  For example,
        some PMPs behave this way and libata works around by always issuing
        hardreset if the host supports PMP.
      
        Like the above example, libata has developed a number of mechanisms
        aiming to promote softreset to hardreset if softreset is not going
        to work.  This approach is time consuming and error prone.
      
        Also, note that, dependingon how you read the specs, it could be
        argued that PMP fan-out ports require COMRESET to start operation.
        In fact, all the PMPs on the market except one don't work properly
        if COMRESET is not issued to fan-out ports after PMP reset.
      
      * COMRESET is an integral part of SATA connection and any working
        device should be able to handle COMRESET properly.  After all, it's
        the way to signal hardreset during reboot.  This is the most used
        and recommended (at least by the ahci spec) method of resetting
        devices.
      
      So, this patch makes libata prefer hardreset over softreset by making
      the following changes.
      
      * Rename ATA_EH_RESET_MASK to ATA_EH_RESET and use it whereever
        ATA_EH_{SOFT|HARD}RESET used to be used.  ATA_EH_{SOFT|HARD}RESET is
        now only used to tell prereset whether soft or hard reset will be
        issued.
      
      * Strip out now unneeded promote-to-hardreset logics from
        ata_eh_reset(), ata_std_prereset(), sata_pmp_std_prereset() and
        other places.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      cf480626
  11. 24 2月, 2008 1 次提交
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      libata-pmp: clear hob for pmp register accesses · 39f25e70
      Mark Lord 提交于
      >> Mark Lord wrote:
      >>> Tejun, I've added PMP to sata_mv, and am now trying to get it
      >>> to work with a Marvell PM attached.
      
      > >>> And the behaviour I see is very bizarre.
      
      >>> After hard+soft resets, the PM signature is found,
      >>> and libata interrogates the PM registers.
      >>>
      >>> It successfully reads register 0, and then register 1.
      >>> But all subsequent registers read out (incorrectly) as zeros.
      ...
      
      This behavior has been confirmed by Marvell with a SATA analyzer.
      The Marvell port-multiplier apparently likes to see clean HOB
      information when accessing PMP registers.
      
      Since sata_mv uses PIO shadow register access, this doesn't happen
      automatically, as it might in a more purely FIS-based driver (eg. ahci).
      
      One way to fix this is to flag these commands with ATA_TFLAG_LBA48,
      forcing libata to write out the HOB fields with known (zero) values.
      Signed-off-by: NSaeed Bishara <saeed@marvell.com>
      Acked-by: NMark Lord <mlord@pobox.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
      39f25e70
  12. 11 1月, 2008 1 次提交
  13. 13 10月, 2007 4 次提交
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      libata: use ata_exec_internal() for PMP register access · b06ce3e5
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      PMP registers used to be accessed with dedicated accessors ->pmp_read
      and ->pmp_write.  During reset, those callbacks are called with the
      port frozen so they should be able to run without depending on
      interrupt delivery.  To achieve this, they were implemented polling.
      
      However, as resetting the host port makes the PMP to isolate fan-out
      ports until SError.X is cleared, resetting fan-out ports while port is
      frozen doesn't buy much additional safety.
      
      This patch updates libata PMP support such that PMP registers are
      accessed using regular ata_exec_internal() mechanism and kills
      ->pmp_read/write() callbacks.  The following changes are made.
      
      * PMP access helpers - sata_pmp_read_init_tf(), sata_pmp_read_val(),
        sata_pmp_write_init_tf() are folded into sata_pmp_read/write() which
        are now standalone PMP register access functions.
      
      * sata_pmp_read/write() returns err_mask instead of rc.  This is
        consistent with other functions which issue internal commands and
        allows more detailed error reporting.
      
      * ahci interrupt handler is modified to ignore BAD_PMP and
        spurious/illegal completion IRQs while reset is in progress.  These
        conditions are expected during reset.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
      b06ce3e5
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      libata-pmp: implement qc_defer for command switching PMP support · 31f88384
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Implement sata_pmp_qc_defer_cmd_switch() - standard qc_defer for
      command switching PMP support.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
      31f88384
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      libata-pmp: extend ACPI support to cover PMP · d0df8b5d
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Extend ata_acpi_associate_sata_port() such that it can handle PMP and
      call it when PMP is attached and detached.
      
      Build breakage when !CONFIG_ATA_ACPI was spotted and fixed by Petr
      Vandrovec.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      Cc: Petr Vandrovec <petr@vandrovec.name>
      Signed-off-by: NJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
      d0df8b5d
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      libata-pmp: implement Port Multiplier support · 3af9a77a
      Tejun Heo 提交于
      Implement Port Multiplier support.  To support PMP, a LLDD has to
      supply ops->pmp_read() and pmp_write().  If non-null, ->pmp_attach and
      ->pmp_detach are called on PMP attach and detach, respectively.
      
      ->pmp_read/write() can be called while the port is frozen, so they
      must be implemented by polling.  This patch supplies several helpers
      to ease ->pmp_read/write() implementation.
      
      Also, irq_handler and error_handler must be PMP aware.  Most of PMP
      aware EH can be done by calling ata_pmp_do_eh() with appropriate
      methods.  PMP EH uses separate set of reset methods and this patch
      implements standard prereset, hardreset and postreset methods.
      
      This patch only implements PMP support.  The next patch will integrate
      PMP into the reset of libata and thus enable PMP support.
      Signed-off-by: NTejun Heo <htejun@gmail.com>
      Signed-off-by: NJeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>
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