From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 09:37:54 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C7EF106564A; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 09:37:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from fallbackmx08.syd.optusnet.com.au (fallbackmx08.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8A998FC23; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 09:36:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail17.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail17.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.198]) by fallbackmx08.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n087HreT018567; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 18:17:53 +1100 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-215-175.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.215.175]) by mail17.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n087HoAS004649 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 8 Jan 2009 18:17:51 +1100 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n087Hofv057629; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 18:17:50 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n087HnBw057628; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 18:17:49 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 18:17:49 +1100 From: Peter Jeremy To: Andrew Snow Message-ID: <20090108071749.GM87057@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <6c1e076a0901070247l7c006efajda8fddee84c337a@mail.gmail.com> <49653A7D.30906@modulus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="p7qwJlK53pWzbayA" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <49653A7D.30906@modulus.org> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org, freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iscsi client hangs performing I/O on a dead target X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:37:54 -0000 --p7qwJlK53pWzbayA Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2009-Jan-08 10:27:57 +1100, Andrew Snow wrote: >It would be REALLY nice, if an I/O fails, to simply have the process=20 >attempting the I/O to be killed, instead of bringing the machine to its=20 >knees and locking up or panic the kernel. And if it was that easy, it would have been done about a decade ago. --=20 Peter Jeremy Please excuse any delays as the result of my ISP's inability to implement an MTA that is either RFC2821-compliant or matches their claimed behaviour. --p7qwJlK53pWzbayA Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkllqJ0ACgkQ/opHv/APuIf2xACfcDeN/QQNyVPTS5Y8wiQGpnEX cGMAnA8baEtNGyTZOGaaq5Qo5ecuQsH3 =fMRS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --p7qwJlK53pWzbayA--