On Wed, 18 Sept 2024 at 00:00, Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I like this idea a lot. I like that it enforces per-request behavior > > and guarantees that any stalled request will abort the connection. I > > think it's fine for the timeout to be an interval/epoch so long as the > > documentation explicitly makes that clear. I think this would need to > > be done in the kernel instead of libfuse because if the server is in a > > deadlock when there are no pending requests in the lists and then the > > kernel sends requests to the server, none of the requests will make it > > to the list for the timer handler to detect any issues. > > > > Before I make this change for v7, Miklos what are your thoughts on > > this direction? I have no problem with epochs, but there are scalability issue with shared lists. So I'm not sure. Maybe the individual timers would be the best solution but I don't know the overhead and the scalability of that solution either. Thanks, Miklos
