The patch titled Subject: aoe: failover remote interface based on aoe_deadsecs parameter has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is aoe-failover-remote-interface-based-on-aoe_deadsecs-parameter.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Ed Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: aoe: failover remote interface based on aoe_deadsecs parameter The aoe_deadsecs module parameter allows the user to specify a hard limit on the number of seconds an AoE command can be retransmitted before the AoE block device is considered to have failed. Using aoe_deadsecs to determine the time we try using a different remote interface helps to ensure that the hard limit is not reached before we've tried to recover by sending to a different remote port. As a data storage target, the AoE target is unambiguously identified by its {major, minor} AoE address tuple, and an AoE target can have multiple MAC addresses. However, note that "target" in the driver code and comments means a {major, minor, MAC address} tuple, as in "somewhere to send packets". Signed-off-by: Ed Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h | 1 - drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c | 8 +++----- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h~aoe-failover-remote-interface-based-on-aoe_deadsecs-parameter drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h~aoe-failover-remote-interface-based-on-aoe_deadsecs-parameter +++ a/drivers/block/aoe/aoe.h @@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ enum { TIMERTICK = HZ / 10, MINTIMER = HZ >> 2, MAXTIMER = HZ << 1, - HELPWAIT = 20, }; struct buf { diff -puN drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c~aoe-failover-remote-interface-based-on-aoe_deadsecs-parameter drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c~aoe-failover-remote-interface-based-on-aoe_deadsecs-parameter +++ a/drivers/block/aoe/aoecmd.c @@ -632,11 +632,9 @@ rexmit_timer(ulong vp) list_del(pos); t = f->t; - if (n > HELPWAIT) { - /* see if another target can help */ - if (d->ntargets > 1) - d->htgt = t; - } + if (n > aoe_deadsecs/2) + d->htgt = t; /* see if another target can help */ + if (t->nout == t->maxout) { if (t->maxout > 1) t->maxout--; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx are aoe-for-performance-support-larger-packet-payloads.patch aoe-kernel-thread-handles-i-o-completions-for-simple-locking.patch aoe-become-i-o-request-queue-handler-for-increased-user-control.patch aoe-use-a-kernel-thread-for-transmissions.patch aoe-use-packets-that-work-with-the-smallest-mtu-local-interface.patch aoe-failover-remote-interface-based-on-aoe_deadsecs-parameter.patch aoe-do-revalidation-steps-in-order.patch aoe-disallow-unsupported-aoe-minor-addresses.patch aoe-associate-frames-with-the-aoe-storage-target.patch aoe-increase-net_device-reference-count-while-using-it.patch aoe-remove-unused-code-and-add-cosmetic-improvements.patch aoe-update-internal-version-number-to-49.patch aoe-update-copyright-year-in-touched-files.patch aoe-update-documentation-with-new-url-and-vm-settings-reference.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html