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SubjectRe: Drivers: scsi: FLUSH timeout
On 09/21/2013 07:24 AM, KY Srinivasan wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Greg KH [mailto:gregkh@linuxfoundation.org]
>> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2013 1:32 PM
>> To: KY Srinivasan
>> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; devel@linuxdriverproject.org;
>> ohering@suse.com; jbottomley@parallels.com; hch@infradead.org; linux-
>> scsi@vger.kernel.org
>> Subject: Re: Drivers: scsi: FLUSH timeout
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 12:32:27PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
>>> The SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT value is currently hardcoded.
>>
>> Hardcoded where? Please, more context.
>
> This is defined in scsi/sd.h:
>
> #define SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT (60 * HZ)
>>
>>> On our cloud, we sometimes hit this timeout. I was wondering if we
>>> could make this a module parameter. If this is acceptable, I can send
>>> you a patch for this.
>>
>> A module parameter don't make sense for a per-device value, does it?
> Currently, the 60 second timeout is applied across devices. Ideally, I want to be
> able to control the FLUSH TIMEOUT as we currently do I/O timeout. If this is
> acceptable, I can work on a patch for that as well.
>
> Regards,
>
> K. Y
>>
>> greg k-h
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Hi,

Back to 2010, Mike(cc-ed) try to add a flush time out interface, similar
to what you want here, no idea why it's just ignored?
http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-scsi/msg45017.html

Jack


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