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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] sata_nv: fix ADMA ATAPI issues with memory over 4GB
    Tejun Heo wrote:
    > Robert Hancock wrote:
    >> Tejun Heo wrote:
    ..
    >> Yes, it should likely do something with these return values. Though
    >> theoretically it shouldn't fail, since the DMA mask is either 32-bit,
    >> which shouldn't fail, or one that was successfully set before. Also I
    >> don't think the SCSI layer actually checks the slave_config return
    >> value.. sigh.
    >
    > Then please at least add WARN_ON() && another reason why allocating /
    > deallocating resources from ->slave_config isn't such a good idea.
    ..

    The entire point of "slave_configure" is to provide a point for the LLD
    to do per-device data structure allocation/init.

    And yes, SCSI does check the return code. Whether the code around that check
    is buggy or not is another question, but it's always worked for me.

    > if (sdev->host->hostt->slave_configure) {
    > int ret = sdev->host->hostt->slave_configure(sdev);
    > if (ret) {
    > /*
    > * if LLDD reports slave not present, don't clutter
    > * console with alloc failure messages
    > */
    > if (ret != -ENXIO) {
    > sdev_printk(KERN_ERR, sdev,
    > "failed to configure device\n");
    > }
    > return SCSI_SCAN_NO_RESPONSE;
    > }
    > }


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