linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi_lib.c: continue after MEDIUM

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Date:	Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:22:04 -0500
From:	Mark Lord <liml@....ca>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Cc:	Ric Wheeler <ric@....com>, "Eric D. Mudama" <edmudama@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>, dougg@...que.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi_lib.c: continue after MEDIUM_ERROR

Mark Lord wrote:
> James Bottomley wrote:
>>
>> For the MD case, this is what REQ_FAILFAST is for.
> 
> I cannot find where SCSI honours that flag.  James?

Scratch that thought.. SCSI honours it in scsi_end_request().

But I'm not certain that the block layer handles it correctly,
at least not in the 2.6.16/2.6.18 kernel that I'm working with today.

Cheers
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