Hello, we don't have enough knowledge how the issue is related with this change. afer rebuilding kernel and rerunning tests, the issue is still persistent. f7870e8d345cdabf 4edf1505b76d30e1e1e283d431e ---------------- --------------------------- fail:runs %reproduction fail:runs | | | :20 100% 20:20 dmesg.assertion_failure so we still make out this report FYI. kernel test robot noticed "assertion_failure" on: commit: 4edf1505b76d30e1e1e283d431e4f84ad01ddcef ("ata: ahci: Disallow LPM policy control for external ports") https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git master [test failed on linux-next/master 97987520025658f30bb787a99ffbd9bbff9ffc9d] in testcase: igt version: igt-x86_64-74f549981-1_20250719 with following parameters: group: group-12 config: x86_64-rhel-9.4-func compiler: gcc-12 test machine: 20 threads 1 sockets (Commet Lake) with 16G memory (please refer to attached dmesg/kmsg for entire log/backtrace) If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags | Reported-by: kernel test robot <oliver.sang@xxxxxxxxx> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202507251014.a5becc3b-lkp@xxxxxxxxx [ 69.863206][ T491] [ 69.869866][ T493] grep: warning: ? at start of expression [ 69.871933][ T491] Opened device: /dev/dri/card0 [ 69.873770][ T493] [ 69.879334][ T491] [ 69.881231][ T491] (i915_pm_rpm:1622) igt_pm-CRITICAL: Test assertion failure function __igt_pm_enable_sata_link_power_management, file ../lib/igt_pm.c:392: [ 69.884533][ T493] grep: warning: ? at start of expression [ 69.885396][ T1622] [IGT] i915_pm_rpm: exiting, ret=98 [ 69.886239][ T491] [ 69.888431][ T493] [ 69.904183][ T491] (i915_pm_rpm:1622) igt_pm-CRITICAL: Failed assertion: write(fd, "min_powern", strlen("min_powern")) == strlen("min_powern") The kernel config and materials to reproduce are available at: https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20250725/202507251014.a5becc3b-lkp@xxxxxxxxx -- 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service https://github.com/intel/lkp-tests/wiki