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From: Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7/8] qla2xxx: Stall mid-layer error handlers while rport is blocked.
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 16:14:24 -0600
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On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 03:26:00PM -0400, James Smart wrote:
> - Fix the error handler. (but we all know this is a lot of work,
>     of which none of us have the time to do, nor expect it to
>     be complete in time for our next distro delivery).

Can't you fix this in the driver instead?  Seems to me that
.eh_timed_out in the SHT would be enough to fix this case.  Just keep
returning EH_RESET_TIMER until the condition expires.