From: Andre Noll Subject: Re: ext4: (2.6.34-rc4): This should not happen!! Data will be lost Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2010 20:19:12 +0200 Message-ID: <20100417181912.GC25507@skl-net.de> References: <20100416123526.GW21495@skl-net.de> <20100416163654.GD58339@plapa.qlogic.org> <20100416170707.GB25507@skl-net.de> <201004171855.36874.bernd.schubert@fastmail.fm> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="FMJTF8LVhUQkvsEb" Cc: Andrew Vasquez , Eric Sandeen , "linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org" , Linux Driver , Thomas Helle To: Bernd Schubert Return-path: Received: from systemlinux.org ([83.151.29.59]:39492 "EHLO m18s25.vlinux.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751357Ab0DQSTk (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:19:40 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201004171855.36874.bernd.schubert@fastmail.fm> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: --FMJTF8LVhUQkvsEb Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 18:55, Bernd Schubert wrote: > > > To update the default timeout value (30 seconds) for commands > > > submitted to /dev/sdn to 60 seconds: > > > > > > $ echo 60 > /sys/block/sdn/device/timeout > >=20 > > I will re-run the stress test with a 60 seconds timeout value and follow > > up if this did not help. >=20 > That will not help if the command is "SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE", as that ignores= =20 > device settings, but uses scsi default timeout (30s), which is far too sm= all=20 > for SATA based raid units. Scsi maintainers ignored that and a couple of = other=20 > patches I wrote to improve error handling with Infortrend units. Will sen= d the=20 > patches again soon. Please CC me when you do so. The machine I am having trouble with is only our fallback server. I can use it freely for testing and am willing to give your patches a try. Thanks Andre --=20 The only person who always got his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe --FMJTF8LVhUQkvsEb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFLyfugWto1QDEAkw8RAkqwAKCYWQI96mHzLS3e25ejNafrcoWszQCeMLqF VMwLwVRmiLc63xitdussUps= =F51k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --FMJTF8LVhUQkvsEb--