3 files changed, 19 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
index d006e5c4768c..564c03c4ebb3 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-core.c
@@ -5404,8 +5404,8 @@ void ata_dev_init(struct ata_device *dev)
         dev->horkage = 0;
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(ap->lock, flags);
 
-        memset((void *)dev + ATA_DEVICE_CLEAR_OFFSET, 0,
-               sizeof(*dev) - ATA_DEVICE_CLEAR_OFFSET);
+        memset((void *)dev + ATA_DEVICE_CLEAR_BEGIN, 0,
+               ATA_DEVICE_CLEAR_END - ATA_DEVICE_CLEAR_BEGIN);
         dev->pio_mask = UINT_MAX;
         dev->mwdma_mask = UINT_MAX;
         dev->udma_mask = UINT_MAX;
diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index aafe82bf5e2e..90092c1aae53 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -1194,6 +1194,11 @@ void ata_dev_disable(struct ata_device *dev)
         ata_acpi_on_disable(dev);
         ata_down_xfermask_limit(dev, ATA_DNXFER_FORCE_PIO0 | ATA_DNXFER_QUIET);
         dev->class++;
+
+        /* From now till the next successful probe, ering is used to
+         * track probe failures.  Clear accumulated device error info.
+         */
+        ata_ering_clear(&dev->ering);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2765,6 +2770,8 @@ static int ata_eh_revalidate_and_attach(struct ata_link *link,
                                                      readid_flags, dev->id);
                         switch (rc) {
                         case 0:
+                                /* clear error info accumulated during probe */
+                                ata_ering_clear(&dev->ering);
                                 new_mask |= 1 << dev->devno;
                                 break;
                         case -ENOENT:
diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index bca3ba25f52a..9dcefee5843c 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ struct ata_device {
         acpi_handle             acpi_handle;
         union acpi_object       *gtf_cache;
 #endif
-        /* n_sector is used as CLEAR_OFFSET, read comment above CLEAR_OFFSET */
+        /* n_sector is CLEAR_BEGIN, read comment above CLEAR_BEGIN */
         u64                     n_sectors;      /* size of device, if ATA */
         unsigned int            class;          /* ATA_DEV_xxx */
         unsigned long           unpark_deadline;
@@ -605,20 +605,22 @@ struct ata_device {
         u16                     heads;          /* Number of heads */
         u16                     sectors;        /* Number of sectors per track */
 
-        /* error history */
-        int                     spdn_cnt;
-        struct ata_ering        ering;
-
         union {
                 u16             id[ATA_ID_WORDS]; /* IDENTIFY xxx DEVICE data */
                 u32             gscr[SATA_PMP_GSCR_DWORDS]; /* PMP GSCR block */
         };
+
+        /* error history */
+        int                     spdn_cnt;
+        /* ering is CLEAR_END, read comment above CLEAR_END */
+        struct ata_ering        ering;
 };
 
-/* Offset into struct ata_device.  Fields above it are maintained
- * acress device init.  Fields below are zeroed.
+/* Fields between ATA_DEVICE_CLEAR_BEGIN and ATA_DEVICE_CLEAR_END are
+ * cleared to zero on ata_dev_init().
  */
-#define ATA_DEVICE_CLEAR_OFFSET         offsetof(struct ata_device, n_sectors)
+#define ATA_DEVICE_CLEAR_BEGIN          offsetof(struct ata_device, n_sectors)
+#define ATA_DEVICE_CLEAR_END            offsetof(struct ata_device, ering)
 
 struct ata_eh_info {
         struct ata_device       *dev;           /* offending device */