On 2010-09-24 15:51, Mark Lord wrote: > During long I/O operations, the hang_check timer may fire, > trigger stack dumps that unnecessarily alarm the user. > > Eg. hdparm --security-erase NULL /dev/sdb ## can take *hours* to complete > > So, if hang_check is armed, we should wake up periodically > to prevent it from triggering. This patch uses a wake-up interval > equal to half the hang_check timer period, which keeps overhead low enough. Applied, thanks. -- Jens Axboe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
