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Date:      Mon, 12 Jan 2009 10:33:18 +0100
From:      Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: iscsi client hangs performing I/O on a dead target
Message-ID:  <gkf2p8$lco$2@ger.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <49653A7D.30906@modulus.org>
References:  <E1LKUmz-000O18-Kp@kabab.cs.huji.ac.il>	<6c1e076a0901070247l7c006efajda8fddee84c337a@mail.gmail.com>	<E1LKYRx-0000na-VV@kabab.cs.huji.ac.il> <49653A7D.30906@modulus.org>

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Andrew Snow wrote:
> Danny Braniss wrote:
>> freebsd likes to
>> panic if a disc goes away, so don't hold your breath for a solution soon.
> 
> 
> You hit the nail on the head.  This is going to be a increasingly bad
> problem as we continue pushing in this of networked storage.
> 
> It would be REALLY nice, if an I/O fails, to simply have the process
> attempting the I/O to be killed, instead of bringing the machine to its
> knees and locking up or panic the kernel.

There have been some commits recently related to this problem - you
could try running 8-CURRENT and see if it's addressed.


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