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<title>ata: libata-core: Allow capacity transition to zero for locked drives</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T14:21:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>TJ Adams</name>
<email>tadamsjr@google.com</email>
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<published>2026-07-06T21:00:54+00:00</published>
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commit 793bf193b18e9bff6c4280268bbffd16a5b533e5 upstream.

Commit 91842ed844a0 ("ata: libata-core: Set capacity to zero for a
security locked drive") introduced setting the device capacity (n_sectors)
to zero in ata_dev_configure() if the drive is security locked.

However, during runtime revalidation, ata_dev_revalidate() compares the
new capacity (now 0) with the old capacity (&gt;0) and detects a mismatch.
Since it does not consider the locked status, it returns -ENODEV.

This revalidation failure can occur when doing a reset of the PHY (e.g.
hard reset) for a controller that has I/Os in flight. The timed out
I/Os trigger the SCSI Error Handling (EH) path, which in turn invokes
libata device revalidation. If the drive is locked at runtime (e.g.
it lost power during reset and relocked), revalidation sees the capacity
transition to zero and fails, eventually disabling the device.

Fix this by allowing the capacity transition to zero in
ata_dev_revalidate() if the drive is reported as security locked by
ata_id_is_locked().

Fixes: 91842ed844a0 ("ata: libata-core: Set capacity to zero for a security locked drive")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Terrence Adams &lt;tadamsjr@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 793bf193b18e9bff6c4280268bbffd16a5b533e5 upstream.

Commit 91842ed844a0 ("ata: libata-core: Set capacity to zero for a
security locked drive") introduced setting the device capacity (n_sectors)
to zero in ata_dev_configure() if the drive is security locked.

However, during runtime revalidation, ata_dev_revalidate() compares the
new capacity (now 0) with the old capacity (&gt;0) and detects a mismatch.
Since it does not consider the locked status, it returns -ENODEV.

This revalidation failure can occur when doing a reset of the PHY (e.g.
hard reset) for a controller that has I/Os in flight. The timed out
I/Os trigger the SCSI Error Handling (EH) path, which in turn invokes
libata device revalidation. If the drive is locked at runtime (e.g.
it lost power during reset and relocked), revalidation sees the capacity
transition to zero and fails, eventually disabling the device.

Fix this by allowing the capacity transition to zero in
ata_dev_revalidate() if the drive is reported as security locked by
ata_id_is_locked().

Fixes: 91842ed844a0 ("ata: libata-core: Set capacity to zero for a security locked drive")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Terrence Adams &lt;tadamsjr@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ata: libata-core: Skip HPA resize for locked drives</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T14:21:20+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>TJ Adams</name>
<email>tadamsjr@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-06T21:00:53+00:00</published>
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commit 917d0a4b95ea7ba01ed6296fb808f752d5d81107 upstream.

Skip HPA resize in ata_hpa_resize() if the drive is security locked.
If the drive is locked, the command to read the native max address
fails with -EACCES, which currently causes the sticky quirk
ATA_QUIRK_BROKEN_HPA to be set on the device.

Setting this sticky quirk causes subsequent revalidations (after the
drive is unlocked) to bypass HPA checks, preventing the unlocked drive
from exposing its full native capacity without a reboot or device removal.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Terrence Adams &lt;tadamsjr@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 917d0a4b95ea7ba01ed6296fb808f752d5d81107 upstream.

Skip HPA resize in ata_hpa_resize() if the drive is security locked.
If the drive is locked, the command to read the native max address
fails with -EACCES, which currently causes the sticky quirk
ATA_QUIRK_BROKEN_HPA to be set on the device.

Setting this sticky quirk causes subsequent revalidations (after the
drive is unlocked) to bypass HPA checks, preventing the unlocked drive
from exposing its full native capacity without a reboot or device removal.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Terrence Adams &lt;tadamsjr@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ata: libata-core: Reject an invalid concurrent positioning ranges count</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T14:21:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bryam Vargas</name>
<email>hexlabsecurity@proton.me</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-23T03:23:45+00:00</published>
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commit 533a0b940f901c15e5cbbd4b5d66e871c209e8ce upstream.

ata_dev_config_cpr() takes the number of range descriptors from buf[0]
of the concurrent positioning ranges log (up to 255), which the device
reports independently of the log size in the GPL directory. The count is
then walked at a fixed 32-byte stride in two places with no bound: the
log read here, and the INQUIRY VPD page B9h emitter, which writes one
descriptor per range into the fixed 2048-byte ata_scsi_rbuf. A device
reporting a count larger than its own log overflows the read buffer (up
to 7704 bytes past a 512-byte slab), and a count above 62 overflows the
response buffer on the emit side.

Bound the count once, on probe, against both the log the device returned
and the number of descriptors the VPD B9h response buffer can hold
(ATA_DEV_MAX_CPR, derived from the rbuf size). Reject an out-of-range
count with a warning; this keeps the emitter in bounds with no separate
change there.

Suggested-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: fe22e1c2f705 ("libata: support concurrent positioning ranges log")
Fixes: c745dfc541e7 ("libata: fix reading concurrent positioning ranges log")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas &lt;hexlabsecurity@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Niklas Cassel &lt;cassel@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 533a0b940f901c15e5cbbd4b5d66e871c209e8ce upstream.

ata_dev_config_cpr() takes the number of range descriptors from buf[0]
of the concurrent positioning ranges log (up to 255), which the device
reports independently of the log size in the GPL directory. The count is
then walked at a fixed 32-byte stride in two places with no bound: the
log read here, and the INQUIRY VPD page B9h emitter, which writes one
descriptor per range into the fixed 2048-byte ata_scsi_rbuf. A device
reporting a count larger than its own log overflows the read buffer (up
to 7704 bytes past a 512-byte slab), and a count above 62 overflows the
response buffer on the emit side.

Bound the count once, on probe, against both the log the device returned
and the number of descriptors the VPD B9h response buffer can hold
(ATA_DEV_MAX_CPR, derived from the rbuf size). Reject an out-of-range
count with a warning; this keeps the emitter in bounds with no separate
change there.

Suggested-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Fixes: fe22e1c2f705 ("libata: support concurrent positioning ranges log")
Fixes: c745dfc541e7 ("libata: fix reading concurrent positioning ranges log")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas &lt;hexlabsecurity@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Niklas Cassel &lt;cassel@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ata: pata_pxa: Fix DMA channel leak on probe error</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T14:21:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Wentao Liang</name>
<email>vulab@iscas.ac.cn</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-25T14:18:37+00:00</published>
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commit fcaf242e7fc406e78f444a35441e3b58f5e28781 upstream.

When dmaengine_slave_config() fails, the DMA channel acquired by
dma_request_chan() is not released before returning the error,
leaking the channel reference.

Fix by adding dma_release_channel() in the error path.

The ata_host_activate() error path already correctly releases the
DMA channel.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 88622d80af82 ("ata: pata_pxa: dmaengine conversion")
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang &lt;vulab@iscas.ac.cn&gt;
Reviewed-by: Niklas Cassel &lt;cassel@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit fcaf242e7fc406e78f444a35441e3b58f5e28781 upstream.

When dmaengine_slave_config() fails, the DMA channel acquired by
dma_request_chan() is not released before returning the error,
leaking the channel reference.

Fix by adding dma_release_channel() in the error path.

The ata_host_activate() error path already correctly releases the
DMA channel.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 88622d80af82 ("ata: pata_pxa: dmaengine conversion")
Signed-off-by: Wentao Liang &lt;vulab@iscas.ac.cn&gt;
Reviewed-by: Niklas Cassel &lt;cassel@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ata: libata-core: Add NOLPM quirk for PNY CS900 1TB SSD</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T14:21:18+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bryam Vargas</name>
<email>hexlabsecurity@proton.me</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-20T02:54:02+00:00</published>
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commit 462775c620197adaabc983ce847e5b9878ff4cb0 upstream.

The PNY CS900 1TB SSD (Phison PS3111-S11, DRAM-less) drops off the bus
after entering Device-Initiated Slumber during idle. With the default
med_power_with_dipm policy the link goes down (SStatus 1 SControl 300)
and does not recover, forcing the filesystem read-only. Forcing
max_performance keeps the link stable across prolonged idle.

Add a NOLPM quirk so link power management is disabled for this drive
specifically, leaving it intact for other devices on the host.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas &lt;hexlabsecurity@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Niklas Cassel &lt;cassel@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 462775c620197adaabc983ce847e5b9878ff4cb0 upstream.

The PNY CS900 1TB SSD (Phison PS3111-S11, DRAM-less) drops off the bus
after entering Device-Initiated Slumber during idle. With the default
med_power_with_dipm policy the link goes down (SStatus 1 SControl 300)
and does not recover, forcing the filesystem read-only. Forcing
max_performance keeps the link stable across prolonged idle.

Add a NOLPM quirk so link power management is disabled for this drive
specifically, leaving it intact for other devices on the host.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Bryam Vargas &lt;hexlabsecurity@proton.me&gt;
Reviewed-by: Niklas Cassel &lt;cassel@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ata: libata-scsi: limit simulated SCSI command copy to response length</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T14:20:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Karuna Ramkumar</name>
<email>rkaruna@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-07-02T02:01:42+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit cd64be0ecd399fa2b1ab60b3aaf2b2b744243467 ]

The function ata_scsi_rbuf_fill() is used to copy the response of
emulated SCSI commands from ata_scsi_rbuf to the SCSI command's
scatterlist.

Currently, sg_copy_from_buffer() is called with the size argument
set to ATA_SCSI_RBUF_SIZE (2048 bytes). Since ata_scsi_rbuf is
zeroed out before the simulation actor is invoked, copying the
full buffer size causes the remainder of the SCSI command's
transfer buffer (beyond the actual response length 'len') to be
overwritten with zeroes. This clobbers any pre-existing sentinel
values or data in the caller's buffer tail, even though the
correct residual count is reported via scsi_set_resid().

Fix this by passing the actual response length 'len' as the copy
size to sg_copy_from_buffer(), ensuring that the tail of the
caller's buffer remains untouched. Also, add a defensive check
to ensure that the actor does not return a length exceeding the
static buffer capacity. If this occurs, trigger a WARN_ON(),
fail the command with an aborted command error, and return
immediately without copying any data.

The fix was tested by invoking an SCSI SG_IO INQUIRY on
an ATA disk on vanilla build, and build with the fix. Confirmed
that the input buffer's tail end remains unmodified with the fix.

Fixes: 5251ae224d8d ("ata: libata-scsi: Return residual for emulated SCSI commands")
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Karuna Ramkumar &lt;rkaruna@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit cd64be0ecd399fa2b1ab60b3aaf2b2b744243467 ]

The function ata_scsi_rbuf_fill() is used to copy the response of
emulated SCSI commands from ata_scsi_rbuf to the SCSI command's
scatterlist.

Currently, sg_copy_from_buffer() is called with the size argument
set to ATA_SCSI_RBUF_SIZE (2048 bytes). Since ata_scsi_rbuf is
zeroed out before the simulation actor is invoked, copying the
full buffer size causes the remainder of the SCSI command's
transfer buffer (beyond the actual response length 'len') to be
overwritten with zeroes. This clobbers any pre-existing sentinel
values or data in the caller's buffer tail, even though the
correct residual count is reported via scsi_set_resid().

Fix this by passing the actual response length 'len' as the copy
size to sg_copy_from_buffer(), ensuring that the tail of the
caller's buffer remains untouched. Also, add a defensive check
to ensure that the actor does not return a length exceeding the
static buffer capacity. If this occurs, trigger a WARN_ON(),
fail the command with an aborted command error, and return
immediately without copying any data.

The fix was tested by invoking an SCSI SG_IO INQUIRY on
an ATA disk on vanilla build, and build with the fix. Confirmed
that the input buffer's tail end remains unmodified with the fix.

Fixes: 5251ae224d8d ("ata: libata-scsi: Return residual for emulated SCSI commands")
Assisted-by: Antigravity:gemini-3.5-flash
Signed-off-by: Karuna Ramkumar &lt;rkaruna@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ata: sata_gemini: unwind clocks on IDE pinctrl errors</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T14:20:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Myeonghun Pak</name>
<email>mhun512@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2026-06-26T08:58:37+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit c0ace4130e813acbabdfaa28d4e94a849c2ffdd7 ]

gemini_sata_bridge_init() prepares and enables both SATA PCLKs, then
disables them again while keeping the clocks prepared for later bridge
start and stop operations. If gemini_setup_ide_pins() fails after that,
gemini_sata_probe() returns directly and skips the existing
out_unprep_clk unwind path.

Route the IDE pinctrl failure through out_unprep_clk so the clocks
prepared by gemini_sata_bridge_init() are unprepared before probe
fails.

Fixes: d872ced29d5f ("ata: sata_gemini: Introduce explicit IDE pin control")
Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim &lt;ae878000@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim &lt;ae878000@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak &lt;mhun512@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Niklas Cassel &lt;cassel@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij &lt;linusw@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit c0ace4130e813acbabdfaa28d4e94a849c2ffdd7 ]

gemini_sata_bridge_init() prepares and enables both SATA PCLKs, then
disables them again while keeping the clocks prepared for later bridge
start and stop operations. If gemini_setup_ide_pins() fails after that,
gemini_sata_probe() returns directly and skips the existing
out_unprep_clk unwind path.

Route the IDE pinctrl failure through out_unprep_clk so the clocks
prepared by gemini_sata_bridge_init() are unprepared before probe
fails.

Fixes: d872ced29d5f ("ata: sata_gemini: Introduce explicit IDE pin control")
Co-developed-by: Ijae Kim &lt;ae878000@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ijae Kim &lt;ae878000@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Myeonghun Pak &lt;mhun512@gmail.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Niklas Cassel &lt;cassel@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij &lt;linusw@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ata: libata: Fix ata_exec_internal()</title>
<updated>2026-07-24T14:19:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bart Van Assche</name>
<email>bvanassche@acm.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-21T17:33:29+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit aa0ae1c35f7b3e9afed2324bed5f5c87ad55b92c ]

Some but not all ata_exec_internal() calls happen from the context of
the ATA error handler. Commit c0c362b60e25 ("libata: implement cross-port
EH exclusion") added ata_eh_release() and ata_eh_acquire() calls in
ata_exec_internal(). Calling these functions is necessary if the caller
holds the eh_mutex but is not allowed if the caller doesn't hold that
mutex. Fix this by only calling ata_eh_release() and ata_eh_acquire() if
the caller holds the eh_mutex. An example of an indirect caller of
ata_exec_internal() that does not hold the eh_mutex is
ata_host_register().

Fixes: c0c362b60e25 ("libata: implement cross-port EH exclusion")
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche &lt;bvanassche@acm.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Niklas Cassel &lt;cassel@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke &lt;hare@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel &lt;cassel@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit aa0ae1c35f7b3e9afed2324bed5f5c87ad55b92c ]

Some but not all ata_exec_internal() calls happen from the context of
the ATA error handler. Commit c0c362b60e25 ("libata: implement cross-port
EH exclusion") added ata_eh_release() and ata_eh_acquire() calls in
ata_exec_internal(). Calling these functions is necessary if the caller
holds the eh_mutex but is not allowed if the caller doesn't hold that
mutex. Fix this by only calling ata_eh_release() and ata_eh_acquire() if
the caller holds the eh_mutex. An example of an indirect caller of
ata_exec_internal() that does not hold the eh_mutex is
ata_host_register().

Fixes: c0c362b60e25 ("libata: implement cross-port EH exclusion")
Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche &lt;bvanassche@acm.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Niklas Cassel &lt;cassel@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke &lt;hare@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel &lt;cassel@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>ata: libata-scsi: do not needlessly defer commands when using PMP with FBS</title>
<updated>2026-05-18T10:26:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Niklas Cassel</name>
<email>cassel@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-14T07:39:02+00:00</published>
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The ACS specification does not allow a non-NCQ command to be issued while
an NCQ command is outstanding.

Commit 0ea84089dbf6 ("ata: libata-scsi: avoid Non-NCQ command starvation")
introduced a feature where a deferred non-NCQ command gets issued from a
workqueue. The design stores a single non-NCQ command per port.

However, when using Port Multipliers (PMPs), specifically PMPs that
support FIS-Based Switching (FBS), non-NCQ and NCQ commands can be mixed
on the same port, just not for the same link, see e.g. ata_std_qc_defer()
which is, and always has operated on a per-link basis.

Therefore, move the deferred_qc from struct ata_port to struct ata_link.
This way, when using a PMP with FBS, we will not needlessly defer commands
to all other links, just because one link issued a non-NCQ command while
having an NCQ command outstanding. Only commands for that specific link
will be deferred. This is in line with how PMPs with FBS worked before
commit 0ea84089dbf6 ("ata: libata-scsi: avoid Non-NCQ command starvation").

Fixes: 0ea84089dbf6 ("ata: libata-scsi: avoid Non-NCQ command starvation")
Tested-by: Tommy Kelly &lt;linux@tkel.ly&gt;
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel &lt;cassel@kernel.org&gt;
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The ACS specification does not allow a non-NCQ command to be issued while
an NCQ command is outstanding.

Commit 0ea84089dbf6 ("ata: libata-scsi: avoid Non-NCQ command starvation")
introduced a feature where a deferred non-NCQ command gets issued from a
workqueue. The design stores a single non-NCQ command per port.

However, when using Port Multipliers (PMPs), specifically PMPs that
support FIS-Based Switching (FBS), non-NCQ and NCQ commands can be mixed
on the same port, just not for the same link, see e.g. ata_std_qc_defer()
which is, and always has operated on a per-link basis.

Therefore, move the deferred_qc from struct ata_port to struct ata_link.
This way, when using a PMP with FBS, we will not needlessly defer commands
to all other links, just because one link issued a non-NCQ command while
having an NCQ command outstanding. Only commands for that specific link
will be deferred. This is in line with how PMPs with FBS worked before
commit 0ea84089dbf6 ("ata: libata-scsi: avoid Non-NCQ command starvation").

Fixes: 0ea84089dbf6 ("ata: libata-scsi: avoid Non-NCQ command starvation")
Tested-by: Tommy Kelly &lt;linux@tkel.ly&gt;
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel &lt;cassel@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>ata: libata-scsi: do not use the deferred QC feature on PMPs with CBS</title>
<updated>2026-05-18T10:25:28+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Niklas Cassel</name>
<email>cassel@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2026-05-14T07:39:01+00:00</published>
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When using Port Multipliers (PMPs) with Command-Based Switching (CBS), you
can only issue commands to one link at a time. For PMPs with CBS, there is
already code to handle commands being sent to different links in
sata_pmp_qc_defer_cmd_switch() using ap-&gt;excl_link. sata_sil24 also makes
use of ap-&gt;excl_link.

A user on the list reported that commit 0ea84089dbf6 ("ata: libata-scsi:
avoid Non-NCQ command starvation") broke PMPs with CBS. The commit
introduced code that stores a deferred qc in ap-&gt;deferred_qc, to later be
issued via a workqueue. It turns out that this change is incompatible with
the existing ap-&gt;excl_link handling used by PMPs with CBS.

Thus, modify sata_pmp_qc_defer_cmd_switch() and sil24_qc_defer() to return
ATA_DEFER_LINK_EXCL, and make sure that the deferred QC handling via
workqueue is not used for this return value.

This way, PMPs with CBS will work once again. Note that the starvation
referenced in commit 0ea84089dbf6 ("ata: libata-scsi: avoid Non-NCQ
command starvation") can only happen on libsas ports, and libsas does not
support Port Multipliers, thus there is no harm of reverting back to the
previous way of deferring commands for PMPs with CBS.

Non-libsas ports connected to anything but a PMP with CBS (e.g. a normal
drive or a PMP with FBS) will continue using the deferred workqueue, since
it does result in lower completion latencies for non-NCQ commands, even
though the workqueue is not strictly needed to avoid starvation for
non-libsas ports.

If we want to modify the scope of the workqueue issuing to also handle
PMPs with CBS, then we should ensure that we can save both NCQ and non-NCQ
commands in ap-&gt;deferred_qc, while also removing the existing PMP CBS
handling using ap-&gt;excl_link, such that we don't duplicate features.

While at it, also add a comment explaining how the ap-&gt;excl_link mechanism
works.

Fixes: 0ea84089dbf6 ("ata: libata-scsi: avoid Non-NCQ command starvation")
Tested-by: Tommy Kelly &lt;linux@tkel.ly&gt;
Reported-by: Tommy Kelly &lt;linux@tkel.ly&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ide/ce09cc21-a8e9-4845-b205-35411e22fba9@tkel.ly/
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel &lt;cassel@kernel.org&gt;
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When using Port Multipliers (PMPs) with Command-Based Switching (CBS), you
can only issue commands to one link at a time. For PMPs with CBS, there is
already code to handle commands being sent to different links in
sata_pmp_qc_defer_cmd_switch() using ap-&gt;excl_link. sata_sil24 also makes
use of ap-&gt;excl_link.

A user on the list reported that commit 0ea84089dbf6 ("ata: libata-scsi:
avoid Non-NCQ command starvation") broke PMPs with CBS. The commit
introduced code that stores a deferred qc in ap-&gt;deferred_qc, to later be
issued via a workqueue. It turns out that this change is incompatible with
the existing ap-&gt;excl_link handling used by PMPs with CBS.

Thus, modify sata_pmp_qc_defer_cmd_switch() and sil24_qc_defer() to return
ATA_DEFER_LINK_EXCL, and make sure that the deferred QC handling via
workqueue is not used for this return value.

This way, PMPs with CBS will work once again. Note that the starvation
referenced in commit 0ea84089dbf6 ("ata: libata-scsi: avoid Non-NCQ
command starvation") can only happen on libsas ports, and libsas does not
support Port Multipliers, thus there is no harm of reverting back to the
previous way of deferring commands for PMPs with CBS.

Non-libsas ports connected to anything but a PMP with CBS (e.g. a normal
drive or a PMP with FBS) will continue using the deferred workqueue, since
it does result in lower completion latencies for non-NCQ commands, even
though the workqueue is not strictly needed to avoid starvation for
non-libsas ports.

If we want to modify the scope of the workqueue issuing to also handle
PMPs with CBS, then we should ensure that we can save both NCQ and non-NCQ
commands in ap-&gt;deferred_qc, while also removing the existing PMP CBS
handling using ap-&gt;excl_link, such that we don't duplicate features.

While at it, also add a comment explaining how the ap-&gt;excl_link mechanism
works.

Fixes: 0ea84089dbf6 ("ata: libata-scsi: avoid Non-NCQ command starvation")
Tested-by: Tommy Kelly &lt;linux@tkel.ly&gt;
Reported-by: Tommy Kelly &lt;linux@tkel.ly&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ide/ce09cc21-a8e9-4845-b205-35411e22fba9@tkel.ly/
Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal &lt;dlemoal@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel &lt;cassel@kernel.org&gt;
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