[PATCH v7] nvme-fabrics: reject I/O to offline device

[Victor Gladkov]

On 7/8/2020 8:07 AM, Victor Gladkov wrote:
> Commands get stuck while Host NVMe controller (TCP or RDMA) is in
> reconnect state. NVMe controller enters into reconnect state when it
> loses connection with the target. It tries to reconnect every 10
> seconds (default) until successful reconnection or until reconnect
> time-out is reached. The default reconnect time out is 10 minutes.
>
> To fix this long delay due to the default timeout we introduce new
> session parameter "fast_io_fail_tmo". The timeout is measured in
> seconds from the controller reconnect, any command beyond that
> timeout is rejected. The new parameter value may be passed during
> 'connect'.
> The default value of 0 means no timeout (similar to current behavior).

I'd like to remind you that this improvement is pending for commit.
Pay attention, please.

Regards,
Victor.