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author | Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> | 2010-05-19 15:38:58 +0200 |
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committer | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com> | 2010-05-25 19:41:16 -0400 |
commit | e7ecd435692ca9bde9d124be30b3a26e672ea6c2 (patch) | |
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libata: disable ATAPI AN by default
There are ATAPI devices which raise AN when hit by commands issued by
open(). This leads to infinite loop of AN -> MEDIA_CHANGE uevent ->
udev open() to check media -> AN.
Both ACS and SerialATA standards don't define in which case ATAPI
devices are supposed to raise or not raise AN. They both list media
insertion event as a possible use case for ATAPI ANs but there is no
clear description of what constitutes such events. As such, it seems
a bit too naive to export ANs directly to userland as MEDIA_CHANGE
events without further verification (which should behave similarly to
windows as it apparently is the only thing that some hardware vendors
are testing against).
This patch adds libata.atapi_an module parameter and disables ATAPI AN
by default for now.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
Cc: Nick Bowler <nbowler@elliptictech.com>
Cc: David Zeuthen <david@fubar.dk>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
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