Re: [bisected] Re: todays git: WARNING: atdrivers/ata/libata-sff.c:1017 ata_sff_hsm_move+0x45e/0x750()

From: Alan Cox
Date: Sat Jan 10 2009 - 08:58:09 EST


On Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:36:17 +0100
Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > build its random kernel and reboot into it (800 MHz P3), so i started a
> > full automated bisection instead driven from a faster box.
>
> and the winner is:
>
> | 871af1210f13966ab911ed2166e4ab2ce775b99d is first bad commit
> | commit 871af1210f13966ab911ed2166e4ab2ce775b99d
> | Author: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> | Date: Mon Jan 5 14:16:39 2009 +0000
> |
> | libata: Add 32bit PIO support
>
> And the revert below does the trick.

Unfortunately it only hides the bug - that code doesn't change the sg
lists being passed, it just catches out anyone who pasts a non divisble
by four malformed sg list.

The real bug is still there
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