linux-kernel - Re: Drivers: scsi: FLUSH timeout

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Date:	Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:40:24 +0200
From:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:	KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	Mike Christie <michaelc@...wisc.edu>,
	Jack Wang <xjtuwjp@...il.com>,
	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"ohering@...e.com" <ohering@...e.com>,
	"jbottomley@...allels.com" <jbottomley@...allels.com>,
	"hch@...radead.org" <hch@...radead.org>,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Drivers: scsi: FLUSH timeout

On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 11:53 PM, KY Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com> wrote:
> I am not sure how that magic number was arrived at (the 60HZ number). We want this to be little higher -

"60 * HZ" means "60 seconds".

> would there be any issues raising this to say  180 seconds. This is the value we currently have for I/O
> timeout.

So you want to replace it by "180 * HZ", which is ... another magic number?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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