Re: [PATCH 13/17] smartpqi: remove timeout for cache flush operations

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 09:36:32PM +0000, Don Brace wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----

[...]

> > 
> > IIRC I asked you to introduce this timeout, as you're calling
> > pqi_flush_cache() from the driver's shutdown callback and I still
> > doubt users like their shutdown's to hang indefinitely because cache
> > flush isn't working. Just my $0.02.
> > 
> 
> The issue is that we do not know how long to wait. The cache module has gotten
> quite large and some flush operations can take longer to complete than others.
> That is why we took the timeout value out.


OK, thanks for the clarification. I think we can still sort this out
when real non-theoretical issues arise.

Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@xxxxxxx>

-- 
Johannes Thumshirn                                          Storage
jthumshirn@xxxxxxx                                +49 911 74053 689
SUSE LINUX GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg
GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton
HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg)
Key fingerprint = EC38 9CAB C2C4 F25D 8600 D0D0 0393 969D 2D76 0850
--
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



[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
[Index of Archives]     [SCSI Target Devel]     [Linux SCSI Target Infrastructure]     [Kernel Newbies]     [IDE]     [Security]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux ATA RAID]     [Linux IIO]     [Samba]     [Device Mapper]
  Powered by Linux