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From:   Sitsofe Wheeler <sitsofe@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 5 Apr 2018 09:14:15 +0100
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Subject: Re: [BISECTED][REGRESSION] Hang while booting EeePC 900
To:     Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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        linux-block@vger.kernel.org,
        Stefan Haberland <sth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
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On 2 April 2018 at 21:29, Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org> wrote:
> Hello, Sitsofe.
>
> Can you see whether the following patch makes any difference?
>
> Thanks.
>
> diff --git a/block/blk-timeout.c b/block/blk-timeout.c
> index a05e367..f0e6e41 100644
> --- a/block/blk-timeout.c
> +++ b/block/blk-timeout.c
> @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ void blk_abort_request(struct request *req)
>                  * No need for fancy synchronizations.
>                  */
>                 blk_rq_set_deadline(req, jiffies);
> -               mod_timer(&req->q->timeout, 0);
> +               kblockd_schedule_work(&req->q->timeout_work);
>         } else {
>                 if (blk_mark_rq_complete(req))
>                         return;

Just out of interest, does the fact that an abort occurs mean that the
hardware is somehow broken or badly behaved?

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