RE: [PATCH 13/15] megaraid_sas: Introduce module parameter for SCSI command-timeout

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomas Henzl [mailto:thenzl@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 8:27 PM
> To: Sumit Saxena; jbottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kashyap.desai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 13/15] megaraid_sas: Introduce module parameter for
SCSI
> command-timeout
>
> On 18.12.2015 14:27, Sumit Saxena wrote:
> > This patch will introduce module-parameter for SCSI command timeout
value
> and fix setting of resetwaitime beyond a value.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kashyap Desai <kashyap.desai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Sumit Saxena <sumit.saxena@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c   |   15 ++++++++++++---
> >  drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_fusion.c |    2 +-
> >  2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
> > b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
> > index cc843d6..316d5a0 100644
> > --- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
> > @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ module_param(throttlequeuedepth, int, S_IRUGO);
> > MODULE_PARM_DESC(throttlequeuedepth,
> >  	"Adapter queue depth when throttled due to I/O timeout. Default:
> > 16");
> >
> > -int resetwaittime = MEGASAS_RESET_WAIT_TIME;
> > +unsigned int resetwaittime = MEGASAS_RESET_WAIT_TIME;
> >  module_param(resetwaittime, int, S_IRUGO);
> > MODULE_PARM_DESC(resetwaittime, "Wait time in seconds after I/O
timeout
> "
> >  		 "before resetting adapter. Default: 180"); @@ -100,6
+100,10
> @@
> > unsigned int dual_qdepth_disable;  module_param(dual_qdepth_disable,
> > int, S_IRUGO);  MODULE_PARM_DESC(dual_qdepth_disable, "Disable dual
> > queue depth feature. Default: 0");
> >
> > +unsigned int scmd_timeout = MEGASAS_DEFAULT_CMD_TIMEOUT;
> > +module_param(scmd_timeout, int, S_IRUGO);
> > +MODULE_PARM_DESC(scmd_timeout, "scsi command timeout (10-90s),
> > +default 90s. See megasas_reset_timer.");
>
> When you know that "The RAID firmware may require extended timeouts"
what
> do you expect when an user sets a short timeout value ?

The requirement here was to have scmd_timeout be tunable at driver load
time so have to add
Module parameter to do so.

> Other than that, I don't think that lot of tunables in a driver makes it
better, from
> my point of view you could remove both resetwaittime + scmd_timeout.
> Okay, I don't want to stay in the way if you really need it so -
>
> Reviewed-by: Tomas Henzl <thenzl@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Tomas
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