Re: [PATCH] libata: add support for NCQ commands for SG interface

From: Vinayak Kale
Date: Mon Oct 19 2015 - 02:55:54 EST


On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 12:12 AM, Sergei Shtylyov
<sergei.shtylyov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 10/17/2015 3:25 PM, Vinayak Kale wrote:
>
>>>> From: Vinayak Kale <vinayak.kale@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> This patch is needed to make NCQ commands with FPDMA protocol value
>>>> (eg READ/WRITE FPDMA) work over SCSI Generic (SG) interface.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Vinayak Kale <vinayak.kale@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c | 10 ++++++++--
>>>> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
>>>> index 0d7f0da..5b0a5ab 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
>>>> +++ b/drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
>>>
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> @@ -2963,7 +2965,7 @@ static unsigned int ata_scsi_pass_thru(struct
>>>> ata_queued_cmd *qc)
>>>> tf->hob_lbal = cdb[7];
>>>> tf->hob_lbam = cdb[9];
>>>> tf->hob_lbah = cdb[11];
>>>> - tf->flags |= ATA_TFLAG_LBA48;
>>>> + tf->flags |= (ATA_TFLAG_LBA48 | ATA_TFLAG_LBA);
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Parens not needed here.
>>
>> That's quite neat :-) Thanks, will change it in V2.
>
>
> Looking at this hunk again, it seems an unrelated change.

I added ATA_TFLAG_LBA to tf->flags just to conform with similar piece
of code in libata-core.c.
FPDMA Read/Write commands run smoothly even without this flag.
I wouldn't mind removing this change from current patch if it's deemed
unfit here.

>
> MBR, Sergei
>
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