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Date:      Thu, 30 May 2024 14:00:30 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        Kumara Babu <nkumarababu@gmail.com>, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Upperlimit for bwait()
Message-ID:  <202405301400.44UE0UFa003585@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfqUtDvpgTpHx3P5ENmSQ%2Bo=W%2B9X5x-G5Zgu2UOkF_iiGQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Warner Losh writes:

> One might also wonder why 30s is the timeout for most of the commands.

There are Hierarchial Storage Systems where 30s is not enough:
You issue what you think is a disk-read, but somewhere behind the
scenes, an overloaded tape-robot has no empty drives.

But otherwise: 100% with Warner here.


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