EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ata_pci_clear_simplex);
 #endif /* CONFIG_PCI */
 
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sata_pmp_qc_defer_cmd_switch);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sata_pmp_read_init_tf);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sata_pmp_read_val);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sata_pmp_write_init_tf);
 
        return rc;
 }
 
+/**
+ *     sata_pmp_qc_defer_cmd_switch - qc_defer for command switching PMP
+ *     @qc: ATA command in question
+ *
+ *     A host which has command switching PMP support cannot issue
+ *     commands to multiple links simultaneously.
+ *
+ *     LOCKING:
+ *     spin_lock_irqsave(host lock)
+ *
+ *     RETURNS:
+ *     ATA_DEFER_* if deferring is needed, 0 otherwise.
+ */
+int sata_pmp_qc_defer_cmd_switch(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
+{
+       struct ata_link *link = qc->dev->link;
+       struct ata_port *ap = link->ap;
+
+       if (ap->excl_link == NULL || ap->excl_link == link) {
+               if (ap->nr_active_links == 0 || ata_link_active(link)) {
+                       qc->flags |= ATA_QCFLAG_CLEAR_EXCL;
+                       return ata_std_qc_defer(qc);
+               }
+
+               ap->excl_link = link;
+       }
+
+       return ATA_DEFER_PORT;
+}
+
 /**
  *     sata_pmp_read_init_tf - initialize TF for PMP read
  *     @tf: taskfile to initialize
 
 /*
  * PMP
  */
+extern int sata_pmp_qc_defer_cmd_switch(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc);
 extern void sata_pmp_read_init_tf(struct ata_taskfile *tf,
                                  struct ata_device *dev, int pmp, int reg);
 extern u32 sata_pmp_read_val(const struct ata_taskfile *tf);