Re: IDE 96 and __ata_end_request()

[Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz]

On Sat, 6 Jul 2002, Thunder from the hill wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just a small question about IDE 96: in __ata_end_request(), we do
>
> 	spin_lock_irqsave(ch->lock, flags);
>
> 	BUG_ON(!(rq->flags & REQ_STARTED));
>
> Shouldn't we rather flip these two, or much rather move
> spin_lock_irqsave() even more down, below
>
> 	if (!nr_secs)
> 		nr_secs = rq->hard_cur_sectors;
>
> since it hasn't got any use to hold a spin lock until the udma_enable &
> co.? However, I'd at least move it below the BUG_ON().
>
> 							Regards,
> 							Thunder

We can move spin_lock_irqsave() down, below if (!nr_secs), thanks.

Regards
--
Bartlomiej