Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Aug 2015 01:08:46 -0700 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: IDE Floppy support for IOMEGA Zip Drive broken in 3.16 -> 3.17 transition |
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Hi Sergio,
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 09:44:28AM +0200, Sergio Callegari wrote: > Hi, > > I have bisected the issue down to > > [045065d8a300a37218c548e9aa7becd581c6a0e8] [SCSI] fix qemu boot hang problem > > Bisecting has been a painful job due to the fact that the bug may show only > many hours after the system boot. > > The commit above in fact is not the culprit, but a fix to an issue that was > hiding the real bug on my system. See > > http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=143973820612978&w=2 > > The real issue is with sata host lock and seems to be biting a few other > people as well > > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=189324 > > A patch fixing the issue was sent to the LKML back in Nov 2014 by Christoph > Hellwig (who is reading in CC) > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/11/20/581 > > I have tested the patch and it works for me. > > What is expected to happen now?
As mentioned in that thread we need more input from the libata people on what kind of race this is papering over.
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