linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] [SCSI] Fix a bug in deriving the FLUSH

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Date:	Fri, 18 Jul 2014 10:01:07 -0700
From:	"hch@...radead.org" <hch@...radead.org>
To:	James Bottomley <jbottomley@...allels.com>
Cc:	"kys@...rosoft.com" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"hch@...radead.org" <hch@...radead.org>,
	"apw@...onical.com" <apw@...onical.com>,
	"devel@...uxdriverproject.org" <devel@...uxdriverproject.org>,
	"michaelc@...wisc.edu" <michaelc@...wisc.edu>,
	"axboe@...nel.dk" <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	"linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
	"ohering@...e.com" <ohering@...e.com>,
	"gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	"jasowang@...hat.com" <jasowang@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] [SCSI] Fix a bug in deriving the FLUSH_TIMEOUT from
 the basic I/O timeout

On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 04:57:13PM +0000, James Bottomley wrote:
> Actually, no you didn't.  The difference is in the derivation of the
> timeout.  Christoph's patch is absolute in terms of SD_TIMEOUT; yours is
> relative to the queue timeout setting ... I thought there was a reason
> for preferring the relative version.

Yes, KYs version is better.  It takes the base timeout drivers set
on the request queue into account.

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