Ulrich Windl <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> Mike Christie <[email protected]> schrieb am 26.10.2010 um 19:41 in
> Nachricht <[email protected]>:
> [...]
> > The problem is that the iscsi/scsi layer will only retry a IO for this 
> > type of problem up to 5 times. So if you had to cycle through more than 
> > 5 portals you are screwed, or if the problem took more retries you are 
> > in trouble.
> 
> Where does the "5" come from? Is it changeable? Just want to know...
> [...]

The 5 comes from SD_MAX_RETRIES used by the sd driver if the IO passes
through sd_prep_fn which most normal block IO would. One could see lower
retry values if the IO is coming through other drivers (i.e. the sg
driver). 

This value is not configurable. 

-andmike
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