Re: [PATCH V2 resend] libata:fix kernel panic when hotplug

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Tue Jun 21 2016 - 11:49:36 EST


Hello,

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 06:46:55PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 6:22 PM, Martin K. Petersen
> <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>> "Tejun" == Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> >>> In fact,we don't need libata to deal with hotplug in sas environment.
> >>> So we can't run ata hotplug task when ata port is sas host.
> >
> > Tejun> Martin, can you please confirm whether the above is true. If so,
> > Tejun> I'll route the patch through libata w/ stable cc'd.
> >
> > Not exactly a libsas expert. James? Dan?
>
> While it is true that libsas itself handles adding / removing devices
> we have historically avoided this conflict because
> ATA_PFLAG_SCSI_HOTPLUG is never set for libsas ata_ports. So the bug
> / behavior change is that ATA_PFLAG_SCSI_HOTPLUG gets set in the
> first place. Ignoring it is a band-aid / not the real fix afaics.

I see. I'll hold off for now then. Ding Xiang, can you find out
where that flag is getting set?

Thanks!

--
tejun