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-rw-r--r--drivers/ata/libata-eh.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index 79711b6..9159abe 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -999,7 +999,9 @@ static void __ata_port_freeze(struct ata_port *ap)
* ata_port_freeze - abort & freeze port
* @ap: ATA port to freeze
*
- * Abort and freeze @ap.
+ * Abort and freeze @ap. The freeze operation must be called
+ * first, because some hardware requires special operations
+ * before the taskfile registers are accessible.
*
* LOCKING:
* spin_lock_irqsave(host lock)
@@ -1013,8 +1015,8 @@ int ata_port_freeze(struct ata_port *ap)
WARN_ON(!ap->ops->error_handler);
- nr_aborted = ata_port_abort(ap);
__ata_port_freeze(ap);
+ nr_aborted = ata_port_abort(ap);
return nr_aborted;
}
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