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[3/3] libsas: align sata_device's rps_resp on a cacheline

Message ID 20171121132339.1702-4-hch@lst.de (mailing list archive)
State Accepted
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Commit Message

Christoph Hellwig Nov. 21, 2017, 1:23 p.m. UTC 
From: Huacai Chen <chenhc@lemote.com>

The rps_resp buffer in ata_device is a DMA target, but it isn't
explicitly cacheline aligned. Due to this, adjacent fields can be
overwritten with stale data from memory on non-coherent architectures.
As a result, the kernel is sometimes unable to communicate with an
SATA device behind a SAS expander.

Fix this by ensuring that the rps_resp buffer is cacheline aligned.

This issue is similar to that fixed by Commit 84bda12af31f93 ("libata:
align ap->sector_buf") and Commit 4ee34ea3a12396f35b26 ("libata: Align
ata_device's id on a cacheline").

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhc@lemote.com>
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
---
 include/scsi/libsas.h | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/include/scsi/libsas.h b/include/scsi/libsas.h
index 0f9cbf96c093..6df6fe0c2198 100644
--- a/include/scsi/libsas.h
+++ b/include/scsi/libsas.h
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@  struct expander_device {
 
 struct sata_device {
 	unsigned int class;
-	struct smp_resp        rps_resp; /* report_phy_sata_resp */
 	u8     port_no;        /* port number, if this is a PM (Port) */
 
 	struct ata_port *ap;
 	struct ata_host ata_host;
+	struct smp_resp rps_resp ____cacheline_aligned; /* report_phy_sata_resp */
 	u8     fis[ATA_RESP_FIS_SIZE];
 };