linux-kernel - Re: "blocked for more than 120 secs" --> a valid situation, how to prevent?

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Date:	Fri, 24 Sep 2010 01:02:17 -0400
From:	Douglas Gilbert <dgilbert@...erlog.com>
To:	Stan Hoeppner <stan@...dwarefreak.com>
CC:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>, Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	IDE/ATA development list <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: "blocked for more than 120 secs" --> a valid situation, how to
 prevent?

On 10-09-23 11:48 PM, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> Kyle McMartin put forth on 9/23/2010 8:37 PM:
>> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 07:51:48PM -0500, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>>> ~$ man hdparm
>>>
>>
>> kyle@...adnought ~ $ hdparm
>> hdparm - get/set hard disk parameters - version v9.27, by Mark Lord.
>>                                                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> [...]
>
> Please pardon me while I wipe this egg off my face. :)
>
> My apologies Mark.  Please feel free to publicly flog me if you wish.

I wonder if Mark every watched a program called
Sledge Hammer! whose signature line was "Trust me.
I know what I'm doing." Recently I needed to plead
with hdparm to corrupt a sector as follows:

# hdparm --make-bad-sector 976770000 --yes-i-know-what-i-am-doing /dev/sdb

Doug Gilbert
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