Look at wait_drive_not_busy in drivers/ide/ide-taskfile.c:
    static u8 wait_drive_not_busy(ide_drive_t *drive)
    {
            ide_hwif_t *hwif = HWIF(drive);
            int retries = 100;
            u8 stat;
            /*
             * Last sector was transfered, wait until drive is ready.
             * This can take up to 10 usec, but we will wait max 1 ms
             * (drive_cmd_intr() waits that long).
             */
            while (((stat = hwif->INB(IDE_STATUS_REG)) & BUSY_STAT) && retries--)
                    udelay(10);
            if (!retries)
                    printk(KERN_ERR "%s: drive still BUSY!\n", drive->name);
            return stat;
    }
`printk' is never called because `retries' never holds zero at the
outside of `while' loop: when `retries' holds zero at the while's loop
condition, `retries' will hold -1 at the if condition.
Signed-off-by: Masatake YAMATO <jet@gyve.org>
Cc: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>
Cc: joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
 static u8 wait_drive_not_busy(ide_drive_t *drive)
 {
        ide_hwif_t *hwif = HWIF(drive);
-       int retries = 100;
+       int retries;
        u8 stat;
 
        /*
         * This can take up to 10 usec, but we will wait max 1 ms
         * (drive_cmd_intr() waits that long).
         */
-       while (((stat = hwif->INB(IDE_STATUS_REG)) & BUSY_STAT) && retries--)
-               udelay(10);
+       for (retries = 0; retries < 100; retries++) {
+               if ((stat = hwif->INB(IDE_STATUS_REG)) & BUSY_STAT)
+                       udelay(10);
+               else
+                       break;
+       }
 
-       if (!retries)
+       if (stat & BUSY_STAT)
                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: drive still BUSY!\n", drive->name);
 
        return stat;