Re: Constant ata messages on console with commit 28361c403683 ("libata: add extra internal command") (was Re: [GIT PULL 2/2] libata changes for v4.18-rc1)

[Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>]

On 6/19/18 5:35 PM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> writes:
>> On 6/19/18 1:29 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>>> Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> writes:
>>>> On 6/18/18 1:33 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>>>>> Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> writes:
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> Jens Axboe (10):
>>>>>>       libata: introduce notion of separate hardware tags
>>>>>>       libata: convert core and drivers to ->hw_tag usage
>>>>>>       libata: bump ->qc_active to a 64-bit type
>>>>>>       libata: use ata_tag_internal() consistently
>>>>>>       libata: remove assumption that ATA_MAX_QUEUE - 1 is the max
>>>>>>       sata_nv: set host can_queue count appropriately
>>>>>>       libata: add extra internal command
>>>>>
>>>>> Replying here because I can't find the original mail.
>>>>>
>>>>> The above commit is causing one of my machines to constantly spew ata
>>>>> messages on the console, according to bisect:
>>>>>
>>>>> # first bad commit: [28361c403683c2b00d4f5e76045f3ccd299bf99d] libata: add extra internal command
>>>>>
>>>>> To get it to boot I have to also apply:
>>>>>
>>>>>   88e10092f6a6 ("sata_fsl: use the right type for tag bitshift")
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The system boots OK and seems fine, except that it's just printing
>>>>> multiple of these per second:
>>>>>
>>>>>   ata2: Signature Update detected @ 0 msecs
>>>>>   ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
>>>>>   ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
>>>>>   ata2: Signature Update detected @ 0 msecs
>>>>>   ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
>>>>>   ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
>>>>>   ata2: Signature Update detected @ 0 msecs
>>>>>   ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
>>>>>   ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
>>>>>   ata2: Signature Update detected @ 0 msecs
>>>>>   ata2: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
>>>>>   ata2.00: configured for UDMA/100
>>>>>   ata2: Signature Update detected @ 0 msecs
> ...
>>
>> Actually, just try this one on top of current -git.
> 
> Yep that fixes it.
> 
> No more message spam, and when I try to mount sr0 it says "no medium".
> 
> I'll have to go into the office to actually put a disc in the drive
> to check it's really working, but it seems likely.
> 
> Thanks for debugging it, here's a tested-by if you like:
> 
> Tested-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>

Thanks, but I packaged it a little differently, see the other
series I CC'ed you on. It'll work the same, though. It's in Tejun's
tree now, so should end up with Linus some time this week I think.

Thanks for reporting and testing the fix!

-- 
Jens Axboe