Re: qstor driver -> irq 193: nobody cared

From: Mark Lord
Date: Mon Nov 06 2006 - 10:04:50 EST


Alberto Alonso wrote:
I have patched the system. I'll let you know if I get the
same problem. Since I can't reproduce it on demand I may not see
the problem for months. I don't know what happened the other day
when it just started to happen repeatedly, I haven't had the issue
since.

Ahh. Well, in that case please add a printk() line so that we'll know
if it *ever* does anything! Updated patch attached.

Cheers

--- old/drivers/scsi/sata_qstor.c 2006-09-19 23:42:06.000000000 -0400
+++ linux/drivers/scsi/sata_qstor.c 2006-11-06 09:50:02.000000000 -0500
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@
{
struct ata_host_set *host_set = dev_instance;
unsigned int handled = 0;
+ static int spurious = 0;

VPRINTK("ENTER\n");

@@ -466,6 +467,20 @@
handled = qs_intr_pkt(host_set) | qs_intr_mmio(host_set);
spin_unlock(&host_set->lock);

+ /* There are reports of at least one system with glitchy interrupts,
+ * and if we return !handled here for those then the kernel may totally
+ * disable our own IRQ line (duh!).
+ * So, try and be tolerant, but not *too* tolerant.
+ */
+ if (!handled) {
+ if (spurious < 10) {
+ printk("sata_qstor: spurious=%d\n", spurious);
+ ++spurious;
+ handled = 1;
+ }
+ } else if (spurious)
+ --spurious;
+
VPRINTK("EXIT\n");

return IRQ_RETVAL(handled);