RE: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: scsi: Derive the FLUSH_TIMEOUT from thebasic I/O timeout

[KY Srinivasan]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Bottomley [mailto:jbottomley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 2:42 PM
> To: KY Srinivasan
> Cc: gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ohering@xxxxxxxx; hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-scsi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Drivers: scsi: Derive the FLUSH_TIMEOUT from the basic
> I/O timeout
> 
> On Fri, 2013-10-04 at 12:38 -0700, K. Y. Srinivasan wrote:
> > Rather than having a separate constant for specifying the timeout on FLUSH
> > operations, use the basic I/O timeout value that is already configurable
> > on a per target basis to derive the FLUSH timeout. Looking at the current
> > definitions of these timeout values, the FLUSH operation is supposed to have
> > a value that is twice the normal timeout value. This patch preserves this
> > relationship while leveraging the flexibility of specifying the I/O timeout.
> >
> > I would like to thank Eric Seppanen <eric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> and
> > Nicholas A. Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> for their help in resolving
> > this issue.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: K. Y. Srinivasan <kys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  drivers/scsi/sd.c |    5 +++--
> >  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> > index e62d17d..8aff306 100644
> > --- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> > +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> > @@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ static int sd_setup_write_same_cmnd(struct
> scsi_device *sdp, struct request *rq)
> >
> >  static int scsi_setup_flush_cmnd(struct scsi_device *sdp, struct request *rq)
> >  {
> > -	rq->timeout = SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT;
> > +	rq->timeout *= 2;
> >  	rq->retries = SD_MAX_RETRIES;
> >  	rq->cmd[0] = SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE;
> >  	rq->cmd_len = 10;
> > @@ -1433,6 +1433,7 @@ static int sd_sync_cache(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
> >  {
> >  	int retries, res;
> >  	struct scsi_device *sdp = sdkp->device;
> > +	unsigned int timeout = sdp->request_queue->rq_timeout;
> 
> The timeout is signed in the function prototype
> 
> >  	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
> >
> >  	if (!scsi_device_online(sdp))
> > @@ -1448,7 +1449,7 @@ static int sd_sync_cache(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
> >  		 * flush everything.
> >  		 */
> >  		res = scsi_execute_req_flags(sdp, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0,
> > -					     &sshdr, SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT,
> > +					     &sshdr, timeout * 2,
> >  					     SD_MAX_RETRIES, NULL, REQ_PM);
> >  		if (res == 0)
> >  			break;
> 
> Not like this, please: you now leave us with a dangling #define whose
> name makes you think it should be related to flushing and a couple of
> curious magic constants.  It's almost hand crafted to confuse people
> reading the code.
> 
> Please do it like this instead: with a comment explaining what we're
> doing above the #define and a name that clearly relates to the actions.
> 
> James
> 
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> index e62d17d..5c9496d 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> @@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ static int sd_setup_write_same_cmnd(struct scsi_device
> *sdp, struct request *rq)
> 
>  static int scsi_setup_flush_cmnd(struct scsi_device *sdp, struct request *rq)
>  {
> -	rq->timeout = SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT;
> +	rq->timeout *= SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER;
>  	rq->retries = SD_MAX_RETRIES;
>  	rq->cmd[0] = SYNCHRONIZE_CACHE;
>  	rq->cmd_len = 10;
> @@ -1433,6 +1433,8 @@ static int sd_sync_cache(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
>  {
>  	int retries, res;
>  	struct scsi_device *sdp = sdkp->device;
> +	const int timeout = sdp->request_queue->rq_timeout
> +		* SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER;
>  	struct scsi_sense_hdr sshdr;
> 
>  	if (!scsi_device_online(sdp))
> @@ -1448,8 +1450,8 @@ static int sd_sync_cache(struct scsi_disk *sdkp)
>  		 * flush everything.
>  		 */
>  		res = scsi_execute_req_flags(sdp, cmd, DMA_NONE, NULL, 0,
> -					     &sshdr, SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT,
> -					     SD_MAX_RETRIES, NULL, REQ_PM);
> +					     &sshdr, timeout, SD_MAX_RETRIES,
> +					     NULL, REQ_PM);
>  		if (res == 0)
>  			break;
>  	}
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.h b/drivers/scsi/sd.h
> index 7a049de..7f7999c 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/sd.h
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.h
> @@ -13,7 +13,11 @@
>   */
>  #define SD_TIMEOUT		(30 * HZ)
>  #define SD_MOD_TIMEOUT		(75 * HZ)
> -#define SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT	(60 * HZ)
> +/*
> + * Flush timeout is a multiplier over the standard device timeout which is
> + * user modifiable via sysfs but initially set to SD_TIMEOUT
> + */
> +#define SD_FLUSH_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER	2
>  #define SD_WRITE_SAME_TIMEOUT	(120 * HZ)
> 
>  /*

Thanks James. Given that you have already made the changes you want done (in the
Patch above), do you still want me to send you a fixed up patch?

Regards,

K. Y
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