linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/8] Drivers: scsi: storvsc: Implement an abort handler

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Message-ID: <20140709084415.GF6012@infradead.org>
Date:	Wed, 9 Jul 2014 01:44:15 -0700
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	"K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, devel@...uxdriverproject.org,
	ohering@...e.com, jbottomley@...allels.com, jasowang@...hat.com,
	apw@...onical.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/8] Drivers: scsi: storvsc: Implement an abort handler

On Tue, Jul 08, 2014 at 05:46:50PM -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> Implement a simple abort handler. The host does not support "Abort"; just
> ensure that all inflight I/Os have been accounted for.

The abort handler should abort a single command, not wait for all of
them.  What issue do you see that this tries to address?

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