On 6/5/05, Jeff Garzik <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tejun Heo wrote:
> > @@ -176,6 +176,18 @@ static ide_startstop_t __ide_do_rw_disk(
> > lba48 = 0;
> > }
> >
> > + if (blk_fua_rq(rq) &&
> > + (!rq_data_dir(rq) || !drive->select.b.lba || !lba48)) {
> > + if (!rq_data_dir(rq))
> > + printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: FUA READ unsupported\n",
> > + drive->name);
> > + else
> > + printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: FUA request received but "
> > + "cannot use LBA48\n", drive->name);
> > + ide_end_request(drive, 0, 0);
> > + return ide_stopped;
> > + }
> > +
>
>
> Does this string of tests really need to be added to the main fast path?
>
> It would be better to simply guarantee that this check need never exist
> in the IDE driver, by guaranteeing that the block layer will never send
> a FUA-READ command to a driver that does not wish it.
>
> Jeff
Seconded, plus please use <linux/ata.h> instead of <linux/hdreg.h>
for adding new opcodes.
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