1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/libata.h b/include/linux/libata.h
index 6758b4d374a0..5ad50163c8ef 100644
--- a/include/linux/libata.h
+++ b/include/linux/libata.h
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ enum {
         ATA_PORT_PRIMARY        = (1 << 0),
         ATA_PORT_SECONDARY      = (1 << 1),
 
+        /* max repeat if error condition is still set after ->error_handler */
+        ATA_EH_MAX_REPEAT       = 5,
+
         /* how hard are we gonna try to probe/recover devices */
         ATA_PROBE_MAX_TRIES     = 3,
 };