Re: 2.5.70-bk[56] breaks disk partitioning with multiple IDE disks

[William Lee Irwin III]

On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 05:45:09PM -0700, Adam J. Richter wrote:
> @@ -1436,6 +1437,9 @@
>  	spin_unlock(&drivers_lock);
>  	if(idedefault_driver.attach(drive) != 0)
>  		panic("ide: default attach failed");
> +	spin_lock(&drives_lock);
> +	list_add_tail(&drive->list, &ata_unused);
> +	spin_unlock(&drives_lock);
>  	return 1;
>  }

This looks dubious; check idedefault_driver.attach(). It was just put on
another list. I don't know what you're trying to do but list_move_tail()
would at least not be as oopsable.

-- wli