Re: [SCSI PATCH] sd: max-retries becomes configurable

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>]

On 09/25/2012 12:06 AM, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-09-24 at 17:00 -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:
>>
>>   drivers/scsi/sd.c |    4 ++++
>>   drivers/scsi/sd.h |    2 +-
>>   2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> I'm not opposed in principle to doing this (except that it should be a
> sysfs parameter like all our other controls), but what's the reasoning
> behind needing it changed?

<vendor hat on>

Periodically turns up as a useful field sledgehammer for solving 
problems, until the real problem is found and fixed.  Got tired of a 
very similar patch manually bouncing around the "hey, pssst, this worked 
for me" backchannel IT network.

</red hat>

Can you be more specific about sysfs location?  A runtime-writable (via 
sysfs!) module parameter for a module-wide default seemed appropriate.

	Jeff