Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] libahci: save port map for forced port map

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Wed Mar 30 2016 - 14:57:16 EST


Hello,

On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 02:11:13PM +0100, Srinivas Kandagatla wrote:
> In usecases where force_port_map is used saved_port_map is never set,
> resulting in not programming the PORTS_IMPL register as part of intial
> config. This patch fixes this by setting it to port_map even in case
> where force_port_map is used, making it more inline with other parts of
> the code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/ata/libahci.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/ata/libahci.c b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
> index 3982054..a5d7c1c 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/libahci.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
> @@ -507,6 +507,7 @@ void ahci_save_initial_config(struct device *dev, struct ahci_host_priv *hpriv)
> dev_info(dev, "forcing port_map 0x%x -> 0x%x\n",
> port_map, hpriv->force_port_map);
> port_map = hpriv->force_port_map;
> + hpriv->saved_port_map = port_map;

So, the only change it'd cause is making the driver write the forced
value to the PI register. Does that make sense?

Thanks.

--
tejun