From f233124fb36cd57ef09f96d517a38ab4b902e15e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niklas Cassel Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 09:39:01 +0200 Subject: ata: libata-scsi: do not use the deferred QC feature on PMPs with CBS 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->excl_link. sata_sil24 also makes use of ap->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->deferred_qc, to later be issued via a workqueue. It turns out that this change is incompatible with the existing ap->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->deferred_qc, while also removing the existing PMP CBS handling using ap->excl_link, such that we don't duplicate features. While at it, also add a comment explaining how the ap->excl_link mechanism works. Fixes: 0ea84089dbf6 ("ata: libata-scsi: avoid Non-NCQ command starvation") Tested-by: Tommy Kelly Reported-by: Tommy Kelly Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ide/ce09cc21-a8e9-4845-b205-35411e22fba9@tkel.ly/ Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel --- include/linux/libata.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/linux/libata.h') diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h index 5c085ef4eda7..360776016b50 100644 --- a/include/linux/libata.h +++ b/include/linux/libata.h @@ -371,6 +371,7 @@ enum { /* return values for ->qc_defer */ ATA_DEFER_LINK = 1, ATA_DEFER_PORT = 2, + ATA_DEFER_LINK_EXCL = 3, /* desc_len for ata_eh_info and context */ ATA_EH_DESC_LEN = 80, -- cgit v1.2.3 From 759e8756da00aa115d504a18155b1d1ee1cc12e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Niklas Cassel Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 09:39:02 +0200 Subject: ata: libata-scsi: do not needlessly defer commands when using PMP with FBS 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 Reviewed-by: Damien Le Moal Signed-off-by: Niklas Cassel --- include/linux/libata.h | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux/libata.h') diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h index 360776016b50..127229fbd1a6 100644 --- a/include/linux/libata.h +++ b/include/linux/libata.h @@ -855,6 +855,9 @@ struct ata_link { unsigned int sata_spd; /* current SATA PHY speed */ enum ata_lpm_policy lpm_policy; + struct work_struct deferred_qc_work; + struct ata_queued_cmd *deferred_qc; + /* record runtime error info, protected by host_set lock */ struct ata_eh_info eh_info; /* EH context */ @@ -900,9 +903,6 @@ struct ata_port { u64 qc_active; int nr_active_links; /* #links with active qcs */ - struct work_struct deferred_qc_work; - struct ata_queued_cmd *deferred_qc; - struct ata_link link; /* host default link */ struct ata_link *slave_link; /* see ata_slave_link_init() */ -- cgit v1.2.3