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From: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
To: Richard Kennedy <richard@rsk.demon.co.uk>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: blk-timeout.c  ensure jiffies wrap is handled correctly in blk_rq_timed_out_timer
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 20:52:42 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100414185242.GN27497@kernel.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1271242645.2132.22.camel@localhost>

On Wed, Apr 14 2010, Richard Kennedy wrote:
> blk_rq_timed_out_timer() relied on blk_add_timer() never returning a
> timer value of zero, but commit 7838c15b8dd18e78a523513749e5b54bda07b0cb
> removed the code that bumped this value when it was zero.
> Therefore when jiffies is near wrap we could get unlucky & not set the
> timeout value correctly.
> 
> This patch uses a flag to indicate that the timeout value was set and so
> handles jiffies wrap correctly, and it keeps all the logic in one
> function so should be easier to maintain in the future. 

Thanks applied, it also makes it a bit clearer.

-- 
Jens Axboe


      reply	other threads:[~2010-04-14 18:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-04-14 10:57 [PATCH] block: blk-timeout.c ensure jiffies wrap is handled correctly in blk_rq_timed_out_timer Richard Kennedy
2010-04-14 18:52 ` Jens Axboe [this message]

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