linux-kernel - Re: Infinite retries reading the partition table

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Message-Id: <20061130214716.6306a586.akpm@osdl.org>
Date:	Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:47:16 -0800
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
To:	ltuikov@...oo.com
Cc:	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Infinite retries reading the partition table

On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 17:22:48 -0800 (PST)
Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@...oo.com> wrote:

> Suppose reading sector 0 always reports an error,
> sense key HARDWARE ERROR.
> 
> What I'm observing is that the request to read sector 0,
> reading partition information, is retried forever, ad infinitum.
> 
> Does anyone have a patch to resolve this? (2.6.19-rc6)
> 

Please send a backtrace so we can see where the offending loop occurs.
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