Switch to adjustable timeout value for scsi SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE commands. We have been running into problems with fixed values on troublesome devices. Signed-off-by: Bernd Schubert <bs@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/sd.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/sd.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/scsi/sd.c +++ linux-2.6/drivers/scsi/sd.c @@ -884,7 +884,8 @@ static int sd_sync_cache(struct scsi_dis * flush everything. */ res = scsi_execute_req(sdp, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0, &sshdr, - SD_TIMEOUT, SD_MAX_RETRIES); + sdp->request_queue->rq_timeout, + SD_MAX_RETRIES); if (res == 0) break; } @@ -903,7 +904,7 @@ static int sd_sync_cache(struct scsi_dis static void sd_prepare_flush(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq) { rq->cmd_type = REQ_TYPE_BLOCK_PC; - rq->timeout = SD_TIMEOUT; + rq->timeout = q->rq_timeout; rq->cmd[0] = SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE; rq->cmd_len = 10; } -- Bernd Schubert Q-Leap Networks GmbH -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html