Re: [PATCH 9/9] rsxx: Disallows DMA transfer during format.

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Wed May 01 2013 - 07:43:52 EST


On Tue, Apr 30 2013, Philip J. Kelleher wrote:
> From: Philip J Kelleher <pjk1939@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Verifies the card is not formatting before DMAs are
> transferred.
>
> Signed-off-by: Philip J Kelleher <pjk1939@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> diff -uprN -X linux-block-vanilla/Documentation/dontdiff linux-block-vanilla/drivers/block/rsxx/dma.c linux-block/drivers/block/rsxx/dma.c
> --- linux-block-vanilla/drivers/block/rsxx/dma.c 2013-04-29 16:06:49.997249172 -0500
> +++ linux-block/drivers/block/rsxx/dma.c 2013-04-29 16:10:46.960184429 -0500
> @@ -721,7 +721,8 @@ int rsxx_dma_queue_bio(struct rsxx_cardi
> }
> }
>
> - if (unlikely(card->halt))
> + if (unlikely(card->halt) ||
> + unlikely(card->state == CARD_STATE_FORMATTING))
> goto bvec_err;
>
> for (i = 0; i < card->n_targets; i++) {

What happens if card->state is set to formatting right after this check?

--
Jens Axboe

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