Boaz Harrosh wrote: > On 01/26/2012 09:56 AM, Srinivas KANDAGATLA wrote: > >> Jim Rees wrote: >> >>> Srinivas KANDAGATLA wrote: >>> >>> From: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@xxxxxx> >>> >>> This patch adds mountretry kernel parameter for nfs root mount. >>> mount retry indicates the number of times nfs root mount attempts to be >>> made before giving up. If this option is not specified, the default >>> value of 3 retries is used. >>> >>> This has already been fixed in commit 43717c7d, "NFS: Retry mounting >>> NFSROOT". The retry count is fixed at 5. Is there some reason you think >>> the retry count should be configurable? >>> >>> >> Thanks for pointing to the fixed commit. I did realize soon after >> sending this patch to mailing list. >> >> Only reason I can think of having retry count configurable is, an >> arbitrary number(3 or 5 or n) of retry count may not be enough to >> address all the use cases. >> So, I think the user should be given a chance to configure the retry >> count if he wish to, either timeout quickly and try the succession >> root-mount or If he wish to keep kernel trying very harder till he gets >> the NFS root mount successful. >> >> > > I agree. Specially if there is no "succession root-mount" setup then user > can specify a very large count. > > Is there some delay between retries. So not to burn 100% power? > > An nfs root mount attempt timeouts in about 3 sec's and in commit 43717c7d, "NFS: Retry mounting NFSROOT" each retry has additional sleep which gives sufficient delay between retries. >> Thanks, >> srini >> > > Thanks > Boaz > > >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-nfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
