From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christof Schmitt Subject: [patch 0/2] Stop scsi eh when fast_io_fail_tmo fires Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:50:29 +0100 Message-ID: <20100324155029.241441000@de.ibm.com> Return-path: Received: from mtagate7.de.ibm.com ([195.212.17.167]:55276 "EHLO mtagate7.de.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753270Ab0CXP63 (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:58:29 -0400 Received: from d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com (d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com [9.149.167.49]) by mtagate7.de.ibm.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o2OFwRi1006889 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:58:27 GMT Received: from d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com (d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com [9.149.165.228]) by d12nrmr1607.megacenter.de.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id o2OFwRBC1437716 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:58:27 +0100 Received: from d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.13.3) with ESMTP id o2OFwRIP008984 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:58:27 +0100 Received: from tuxmaker.boeblingen.de.ibm.com (tuxmaker.boeblingen.de.ibm.com [9.152.85.9]) by d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o2OFwRuY008979 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:58:27 +0100 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org As a follow-up for the draft mentioned in http://marc.info/?l=linux-scsi&m=126926716605409&w=2 The patches allow the scsi eh to exit early when the fast_io_fail_tmo fires. This fixes the problem that the scsi eh will block until the dev_loss_tmo fires, thus potentially blocking the scsi host for a very long time. Comments? -- Christof Schmitt