Re: [PATCH] IDE: Fix HDIO_DRIVE_RESET handling

From: Elias Oltmanns
Date: Mon Jun 23 2008 - 03:48:34 EST


Elias Oltmanns <eo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[...]
> @@ -941,6 +949,7 @@ static ide_startstop_t atapi_reset_pollfunc (ide_drive_t *drive)
> /* done polling */
> hwgroup->polling = 0;
> hwgroup->resetting = 0;

Actually, ->resetting needs to be protected by the ide_lock here.

[...]
> @@ -1005,6 +1014,8 @@ static ide_startstop_t reset_pollfunc (ide_drive_t *drive)
> }
> hwgroup->polling = 0; /* done polling */
> hwgroup->resetting = 0; /* done reset attempt */

Same as above. Unless I have missed something, a simple

spin_lock(&ide_lock)

should suffice since there cannot possibly be another interrupt that
changes ->resetting behind our back. I'll send an updated version of
patches 1 and 4 once I have your opinion on the current series.

Regards,

Elias
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