linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: scsi: Derive the FLUSH

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Date:	Fri,  4 Oct 2013 12:38:36 -0700
From:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
To:	gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devel@...uxdriverproject.org, ohering@...e.com,
	jbottomley@...allels.com, hch@...radead.org, eric@...estorage.com,
	nab@...ux-iscsi.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: scsi: Derive the FLUSH_TIMEOUT from the basic I/O timeout

Rather than having a separate constant for specifying the timeout on FLUSH
operations, use the basic I/O timeout value that is already configurable
on a per target basis to derive the FLUSH timeout. Looking at the current
definitions of these timeout values, the FLUSH operation is supposed to have
a value that is twice the normal timeout value. This patch preserves this
relationship while leveraging the flexibility of specifying the I/O timeout.

I would like to thank Eric Seppanen <eric@...estorage.com> and 
Nicholas A. Bellinger <nab@...ux-iscsi.org> for their help in resolving
this issue.

Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@...rosoft.com>
---
 drivers/scsi/sd.c |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
index e62d17d..8aff306 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ static int sd_setup_write_same_cmnd(struct scsi_device *sdp, struct request *rq)
 
 static int scsi_setup_flush_cmnd(struct scsi_device *sdp, struct request *rq)
 {
-	rq->timeout = SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT;
+	rq->timeout *= 2;
 	rq->retries = SD_MAX_RETRIES;
 	rq->cmd[0] = SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE;
 	rq->cmd_len = 10;
@@ -1433,6 +1433,7 @@ static int sd_sync_cache(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
 {
 	int retries, res;
 	struct scsi_device *sdp = sdkp->device;
+	unsigned int timeout = sdp->request_queue->rq_timeout;
 	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
 
 	if (!scsi_device_online(sdp))
@@ -1448,7 +1449,7 @@ static int sd_sync_cache(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
 		 * flush everything.
 		 */
 		res = scsi_execute_req_flags(sdp, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0,
-					     &sshdr, SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT,
+					     &sshdr, timeout * 2,
 					     SD_MAX_RETRIES, NULL, REQ_PM);
 		if (res == 0)
 			break;
-- 
1.7.4.1

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