1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index d2141a04fff..c0f3c78a2be 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -5906,6 +5906,10 @@ int ata_flush_cache(struct ata_device *dev)
         else
                 cmd = ATA_CMD_FLUSH;
 
+        /* This is wrong. On a failed flush we get back the LBA of the lost
+           sector and we should (assuming it wasn't aborted as unknown) issue
+           a further flush command to continue the writeback until it 
+           does not error */
         err_mask = ata_do_simple_cmd(dev, cmd);
         if (err_mask) {
                 ata_dev_printk(dev, KERN_ERR, "failed to flush cache\n");