linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4.0 for testing] nbd: Fix timeout detection

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Message-ID: <20150424144158.GF30067@lemon.iwr.uni-heidelberg.de>
Date:	Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:41:58 +0200
From:	Hermann Lauer <Hermann.Lauer@....uni-heidelberg.de>
To:	Markus Pargmann <mpa@...gutronix.de>
Cc:	nbd-general@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel@...gutronix.de, Michal Belczyk <belczyk@....krakow.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4.0 for testing] nbd: Fix timeout detection

Hello Markus,

On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 09:35:33AM +0200, Markus Pargmann wrote:
> At the moment the nbd timeout just detects hanging tcp operations. This
> is not enough to detect a hanging or bad connection as expected of a
> timeout.
...
> Cc: Michal Belczyk <belczyk@....krakow.pl>
> Cc: Hermann Lauer <Hermann.Lauer@....uni-heidelberg.de>
> Signed-off-by: Markus Pargmann <mpa@...gutronix.de>
> [mpa: Backported to 4.0]
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Pargmann <mpa@...gutronix.de>
> ---
> 
> This patch is only for testing at the moment. I will backport the final patch
> for the stable tree at the end.

tested with 4.0 - timeout works as expected after
disconnecting the ethernet.
No hang or unexpected kernel message.

Many thanks and a nice weekend,
greetings
  Hermann

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