From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: James Bottomley Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ibmvfc: Delay NPIV login retry and add retries Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 11:38:21 -0600 Message-ID: <1228325901.5551.31.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <200812031703.mB3H3cMT027696@d03av04.boulder.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from accolon.hansenpartnership.com ([76.243.235.52]:60995 "EHLO accolon.hansenpartnership.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751254AbYLCRiT (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:38:19 -0500 In-Reply-To: <200812031703.mB3H3cMT027696@d03av04.boulder.ibm.com> Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Brian King Cc: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 11:02 -0600, Brian King wrote: > Adds a delay prior to retrying a failed NPIV login. This fixes > a scenario if the backing fibre channel adapter is getting reset > due to an EEH event, NPIV login will fail. Currently, ibmvfc > retries three times very quickly, resets the CRQ and tries one > more time. If the adapter is getting reset due to EEH, this isn't > enough time. This adds a delay prior to retrying a failed NPIV > login and also increments the number of retries. Are these for 2.6.28 or 2.6.29? The descriptions make them sound like 2.6.28 bug fixes. James