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libata debugging: Warn when unable to find timing descriptor based on xfer_mode

ata_timing_find_mode could return NULL which is not checked by all
low-level ATA drivers using it and cause a NULL ptr deref. Warn at least
so that possible issues can get fixed easily.

Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
Borislav Petkov 12 years ago
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      drivers/ata/libata-core.c

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drivers/ata/libata-core.c

@@ -2942,6 +2942,10 @@ const struct ata_timing *ata_timing_find_mode(u8 xfer_mode)
 
 	if (xfer_mode == t->mode)
 		return t;
+
+	WARN_ONCE(true, "%s: unable to find timing for xfer_mode 0x%x\n",
+			__func__, xfer_mode);
+
 	return NULL;
 }