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Message-Id: <20061130232916.6cbd1408.akpm@osdl.org> Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:29:16 -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 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:34:57 -0800 (PST) Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@...oo.com> wrote: > --- Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org> wrote: > > 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. > > I posted a patch to linux-scsi hm. Does sending patches to linux-scsi get them applied? It might, I don't know. > which resolves this issue: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-scsi&m=116485834119885&w=2 That looks like it prevents the IO error. But why was an IO error causing an infinite loop? What piece of code was initiating the retries? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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