Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:57:38 -0800
From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
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       Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk>,
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Subject: [patch 12/94] tx4939ide: Do not use zero count PRD entry
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2.6.28-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>

commit a0fce792b55b260589c3d77293a224e84395ec07 upstream.

This fixes data corruption on some heavy load.

Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
Cc: sshtylyov@ru.mvista.com
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>

---
 drivers/ide/tx4939ide.c |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

--- a/drivers/ide/tx4939ide.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/tx4939ide.c
@@ -259,6 +259,12 @@ static int tx4939ide_build_dmatable(ide_
 			bcount = 0x10000 - (cur_addr & 0xffff);
 			if (bcount > cur_len)
 				bcount = cur_len;
+			/*
+			 * This workaround for zero count seems required.
+			 * (standard ide_build_dmatable do it too)
+			 */
+			if ((bcount & 0xffff) == 0x0000)
+				bcount = 0x8000;
 			*table++ = bcount & 0xffff;
 			*table++ = cur_addr;
 			cur_addr += bcount;

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