1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index a5207e66ca52..a4a1e6304e78 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -211,6 +211,9 @@ enum {
         /* Masks for port functions */
         ATA_PORT_PRIMARY        = (1 << 0),
         ATA_PORT_SECONDARY      = (1 << 1),
+
+        /* how hard are we gonna try to probe/recover devices */
+        ATA_PROBE_MAX_TRIES     = 3,
 };
 
 enum hsm_task_states {