Hi,

It seems that the following patch prevents errors when the policy is
changed. Could anybody explain why?

Thanks,
Gabriele

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libahci.c b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
index 61a9c07..38d39f7 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libahci.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libahci.c
@@ -1708,7 +1708,10 @@ static void ahci_handle_port_interrupt(struct ata_port 
*ap,
                status &= ~PORT_IRQ_BAD_PMP;
 
        /* if LPM is enabled, PHYRDY doesn't mean anything */
-       if (ap->link.lpm_policy > ATA_LPM_MAX_POWER) {
+       if (ap->link.lpm_policy > ATA_LPM_MAX_POWER ||
+           ap->link.flags & ATA_LFLAG_CHANGED) {
+               if (ap->link.flags & ATA_LFLAG_CHANGED)
+                       ap->link.flags &= ~ATA_LFLAG_CHANGED;
                status &= ~PORT_IRQ_PHYRDY;
                ahci_scr_write(&ap->link, SCR_ERROR, SERR_PHYRDY_CHG);
        }
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index d2029a4..e8f965c 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -3489,6 +3489,8 @@ static int ata_eh_set_lpm(struct ata_link *link, enum 
ata_lpm_policy policy,
                }
        }
 
+       link->flags |= ATA_LFLAG_CHANGED;
+
        return 0;
 
 fail:
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index fc03efa..5abf5f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ enum {
        ATA_LFLAG_SW_ACTIVITY   = (1 << 7), /* keep activity stats */
        ATA_LFLAG_NO_LPM        = (1 << 8), /* disable LPM on this link */
        ATA_LFLAG_RST_ONCE      = (1 << 9), /* limit recovery to one reset */
+       ATA_LFLAG_CHANGED       = (1 << 10),
 
        /* struct ata_port flags */
        ATA_FLAG_SLAVE_POSS     = (1 << 0), /* host supports slave dev */
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