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Chandra Seetharaman 4e2d19e46b dm mpath: delay activate_path retry on SCSI_DH_RETRY 
This patch adds a user-configurable 'pg_init_delay_msecs' feature.  Use
this feature to specify the number of milliseconds to delay before
retrying scsi_dh_activate, when SCSI_DH_RETRY is returned.

SCSI Device Handlers return SCSI_DH_IMM_RETRY if we could retry
activation immediately and SCSI_DH_RETRY in cases where it is better to
retry after some delay.

Currently we immediately retry scsi_dh_activate irrespective of
SCSI_DH_IMM_RETRY and SCSI_DH_RETRY.

The 'pg_init_delay_msecs' feature may be provided during table create or
load, e.g.:
    dmsetup create --table "0 20971520 multipath 3 queue_if_no_path \
	pg_init_delay_msecs 2500 ..." mpatha

The default for 'pg_init_delay_msecs' is 2000 milliseconds.
Maximum configurable delay is 60000 milliseconds.  Specifying a
'pg_init_delay_msecs' of 0 will cause immediate retry.

Signed-off-by: Nikanth Karthikesan <knikanth@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Chandra Seetharaman <sekharan@us.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Mike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2011-01-13 20:00:01 +00:00
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bitmap.c md: unplug writes to external bitmaps. 2010-10-29 16:40:32 +11:00
bitmap.h md: use sector_t in bitmap_get_counter 2010-10-28 17:32:26 +11:00
dm-bio-record.h
dm-crypt.c dm crypt: add loop aes iv generator 2011-01-13 19:59:55 +00:00
dm-delay.c dm: convert workqueues to alloc_ordered 2011-01-13 19:59:57 +00:00
dm-exception-store.c dm snapshot: test chunk size against both origin and snapshot 2010-08-12 04:13:51 +01:00
dm-exception-store.h dm snapshot: test chunk size against both origin and snapshot 2010-08-12 04:13:51 +01:00
dm-io.c dm: implement REQ_FLUSH/FUA support for bio-based dm 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
dm-ioctl.c dm ioctl: suppress needless warning messages 2011-01-13 19:59:55 +00:00
dm-kcopyd.c dm: use non reentrant workqueues if equivalent 2011-01-13 19:59:58 +00:00
dm-linear.c dm: use dm_target_offset macro 2010-08-12 04:14:11 +01:00
dm-log-userspace-base.c dm log userspace: add version number to comms 2011-01-13 19:59:52 +00:00
dm-log-userspace-transfer.c dm log userspace: add version number to comms 2011-01-13 19:59:52 +00:00
dm-log-userspace-transfer.h dm log: userspace add luid to distinguish between concurrent log instances 2009-09-04 20:40:34 +01:00
dm-log.c dm log: use PTR_ERR value instead of ENOMEM 2011-01-13 20:00:00 +00:00
dm-mpath.c dm mpath: delay activate_path retry on SCSI_DH_RETRY 2011-01-13 20:00:01 +00:00
dm-mpath.h
dm-path-selector.c
dm-path-selector.h dm mpath: add start_io and nr_bytes to path selectors 2009-06-22 10:12:27 +01:00
dm-queue-length.c dm mpath: add queue length load balancer 2009-06-22 10:12:27 +01:00
dm-raid1.c dm: use non reentrant workqueues if equivalent 2011-01-13 19:59:58 +00:00
dm-region-hash.c dm: implement REQ_FLUSH/FUA support for bio-based dm 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
dm-round-robin.c dm mpath: add start_io and nr_bytes to path selectors 2009-06-22 10:12:27 +01:00
dm-service-time.c include cleanup: Update gfp.h and slab.h includes to prepare for breaking implicit slab.h inclusion from percpu.h 2010-03-30 22:02:32 +09:00
dm-snap-persistent.c dm snapshot: persistent make metadata_wq multithreaded 2011-01-13 19:59:59 +00:00
dm-snap-transient.c dm snapshot: move cow ref from exception store to snap core 2009-12-10 23:52:12 +00:00
dm-snap.c dm snapshot: avoid storing private suspended state 2011-01-13 19:59:59 +00:00
dm-stripe.c dm stripe: switch from local workqueue to system_wq 2011-01-13 19:59:57 +00:00
dm-sysfs.c Driver core: Constify struct sysfs_ops in struct kobj_type 2010-03-07 17:04:49 -08:00
dm-table.c Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
dm-target.c dm: error return error for discards 2010-08-12 04:14:14 +01:00
dm-uevent.c dm table: remove dm_get from dm_table_get_md 2010-03-06 02:29:52 +00:00
dm-uevent.h
dm-zero.c dm: zero silently drop discards 2010-08-12 04:14:12 +01:00
dm.c dm: remove superfluous irq disablement in dm_request_fn 2011-01-13 20:00:00 +00:00
dm.h dm: linear support discard 2010-08-12 04:14:08 +01:00
faulty.c md: use separate bio pool for each md device. 2010-10-28 17:36:15 +11:00
Kconfig Merge branch 'async' of macbook:git/btrfs-unstable 2010-08-09 10:36:44 +01:00
linear.c md: implment REQ_FLUSH/FUA support 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
linear.h md/linear: use call_rcu to free obsolete 'conf' structures. 2009-06-18 08:49:42 +10:00
Makefile Merge branch 'async' of macbook:git/btrfs-unstable 2010-08-09 10:36:44 +01:00
md.c Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
md.h md: use separate bio pool for each md device. 2010-10-28 17:36:15 +11:00
multipath.c md: implment REQ_FLUSH/FUA support 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
multipath.h md: remove mddev_to_conf "helper" macro 2009-06-16 16:54:21 +10:00
raid0.c md: implment REQ_FLUSH/FUA support 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
raid0.h md: fix handling of array level takeover that re-arranges devices. 2010-06-24 13:33:24 +10:00
raid1.c md/raid1: really fix recovery looping when single good device fails. 2010-11-24 16:39:46 +11:00
raid1.h md/raid1: discard unused variable. 2010-10-29 16:40:33 +11:00
raid5.c md: use separate bio pool for each md device. 2010-10-28 17:36:15 +11:00
raid5.h md: implment REQ_FLUSH/FUA support 2010-09-10 12:35:38 +02:00
raid10.c md: protect against NULL reference when waiting to start a raid10. 2010-12-09 17:02:14 +11:00
raid10.h md: fix handling of array level takeover that re-arranges devices. 2010-06-24 13:33:24 +10:00