On 09/21/2013 07:24 AM, KY Srinivasan wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Greg KH [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 1:32 PM >> To: KY Srinivasan >> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; >> [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; linux- >> [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Drivers: scsi: FLUSH timeout >> >> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 12:32:27PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote: >>> The SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT value is currently hardcoded. >> >> Hardcoded where? Please, more context. > > This is defined in scsi/sd.h: > > #define SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT (60 * HZ) >> >>> On our cloud, we sometimes hit this timeout. I was wondering if we >>> could make this a module parameter. If this is acceptable, I can send >>> you a patch for this. >> >> A module parameter don't make sense for a per-device value, does it? > Currently, the 60 second timeout is applied across devices. Ideally, I want > to be > able to control the FLUSH TIMEOUT as we currently do I/O timeout. If this is > acceptable, I can work on a patch for that as well. > > Regards, > > K. Y >> >> greg k-h > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in > the body of a message to [email protected] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Hi,
Back to 2010, Mike(cc-ed) try to add a flush time out interface, similar to what you want here, no idea why it's just ignored? http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg45017.html Jack _______________________________________________ devel mailing list [email protected] http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
