From: Jeff Garzik on
On 05/15/2010 02:09 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Implement ata_scsi_unlock_native_capacity() which will be called
> through SCSI layer when block layer notices that partitions on a
> device extend beyond the end of the device. It requests EH to unlock
> HPA, waits for completion and returns the current device capacity.
>
> This allows libata to unlock HPA on demand instead of having to decide
> whether to unlock upfront. Unlocking on demand is safer than
> unlocking by upfront because some BIOSes write private data to the
> area beyond HPA limit. This was suggested by Ben Hutchings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo<tj(a)kernel.org>
> Suggested-by: Ben Hutchings<ben(a)decadent.org.uk>

Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik(a)redhat.com>


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From: David Miller on
From: Tejun Heo <tj(a)kernel.org>
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 20:09:34 +0200

> Implement ata_scsi_unlock_native_capacity() which will be called
> through SCSI layer when block layer notices that partitions on a
> device extend beyond the end of the device. It requests EH to unlock
> HPA, waits for completion and returns the current device capacity.
>
> This allows libata to unlock HPA on demand instead of having to decide
> whether to unlock upfront. Unlocking on demand is safer than
> unlocking by upfront because some BIOSes write private data to the
> area beyond HPA limit. This was suggested by Ben Hutchings.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj(a)kernel.org>
> Suggested-by: Ben Hutchings <ben(a)decadent.org.uk>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem(a)davemloft.net>
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