linux-kernel - Re: [SCSI][REGRESSION][BISECTED] Disk errors loop forever in 2.6.29

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44L0.0902191002160.3012-100000@iolanthe.rowland.org>
Date:	Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:02:41 -0500 (EST)
From:	Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>
To:	Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@...oo.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
Subject: Re: [SCSI][REGRESSION][BISECTED] Disk errors loop forever in 2.6.29

On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Sitsofe Wheeler wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> There appears to be a regression from 2.6.28 in how disk errors are
> handled in 2.6.29rc5 - rather than trying and eventually giving up, it
> appears to try (and report) forever. 

See this thread and patch:

	http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123490148422684&w=2

Alan Stern

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