From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jens Axboe Subject: Re: blk request timeout handler against 2.6.26 Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:16:10 +0200 Message-ID: <20080624101610.GN20851@kernel.dk> References: <20080503020000.GU14976@parisc-linux.org> <20080507074357.GP329@kernel.dk> <20080513032012.GC9511@us.ibm.com> <20080619171741.GB819@linux.vnet.ibm.com> <20080620083738.GX20851@kernel.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from brick.kernel.dk ([87.55.233.238]:17822 "EHLO kernel.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751675AbYFXKQM (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:16:12 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080620083738.GX20851@kernel.dk> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Mike Anderson Cc: Matthew Wilcox , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Jun 20 2008, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Thu, Jun 19 2008, Mike Anderson wrote: > > Jens, > > > > What is the status of the blk request timeout handler patches? I noticed > > the branch is showing no update for 7 months and the updates sent to the > > list received no response. > > > > I was working on a abort function patch on top of the timeout patches to > > see if I could speed up some multipath failure over cases and wanted to > > understand if the blk timeout patch set was still a valid patch set. > > It's still alive, I'll update the branch with the latest stuff. Perhaps > we can even make 2.6.27, it should be about ready-cooked now. I've updated the branch, mostly directly based on the updates and patches from Malahal. -- Jens Axboe