[PATCH v0 2/3] ata: Fix the link down in first attempt for the APM X-Gene SoC AHCI SATA host controller driver.

[Sergei Shtylyov]

On 06/20/2014 12:32 PM, Suman Tripathi wrote:

> This patch fixes the link down issue by retry for the APM X-Gene SoC
> SATA host controller driver. Due to board design issue and short margin
> limitation, it is observed that once out of many thousands power cycle
> test, the sata link may not link up.

> Signed-off-by: Loc Ho <lho at apm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Suman Tripathi <stripathi at apm.com>
> ---
>   drivers/ata/ahci_xgene.c | 9 +++++++++
>   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

> diff --git a/drivers/ata/ahci_xgene.c b/drivers/ata/ahci_xgene.c
> index 5f0f750..d43b6ce 100644
> --- a/drivers/ata/ahci_xgene.c
> +++ b/drivers/ata/ahci_xgene.c
[...]
> @@ -235,15 +238,21 @@ static int xgene_ahci_do_hardreset(struct ata_link *link,
>   	u8 *d2h_fis = pp->rx_fis + RX_FIS_D2H_REG;
>   	void __iomem *port_mmio = ahci_port_base(ap);
>   	struct ata_taskfile tf;
> +	int link_down_retry = 0;
>   	int rc;
>   	u32 val;
>
> +hardreset_retry:
>   	/* clear D2H reception area to properly wait for D2H FIS */
>   	ata_tf_init(link->device, &tf);
>   	tf.command = ATA_BUSY;
>   	ata_tf_to_fis(&tf, 0, 0, d2h_fis);
>   	rc = sata_link_hardreset(link, timing, deadline, online,
>   				 ahci_check_ready);
> +
> +	if (!*online)
> +		if (link_down_retry++ < MAX_LINK_DOWN_RETRY)

    Could be folded into single *if* (and so indentation decreased).

> +			goto hardreset_retry;

WBR, Sergei