Re: [PATCH 2.6.14-rc1 1/3] Add disk hotswap support to libata RESEND #3

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>]

Lukasz Kosewski wrote:
> Patch 1/3 for libata hotswapping.  Properly masks out interrupts for
> Promise SATAII150 Tx2Plus/Tx4 controllers.  More comments in patch
> header.
>
> Luke Kosewski
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> 15.09.05    Luke Kosewski   <lkosewsk@nit.ca>
>
> 	* A patch to the sata_promise driver in libata for it to correctly mask
> 	  out hotplug interrupts on SATAII150 Tx4/Tx2 Plus controllers.
> 	* This is resend #3.  It no longer applies to a -mm tree, but to
> 	  2.6.14-rc1.  Therefore, the entry for board_2057x no longer has
> 	  ATA_FLAG_SATA commented out.

You need to add a ->host_stop() hook that frees pdc_host_priv, otherwise 
you have a memory leak on module remove/controller unplug.

Once fixed, this patch could go in immediately, it looks like.

	Jeff



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