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block: add documentation for io_timeout

PATCH Superseded Weiping Zhang 2 participants 2 messages Nov 29, 2018

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PATCH v2 1/1 block: add documentation for io_timeout

add documentation for /sys/block/<disk>/queue/io_timeout

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 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block | 9 +++++++++
 Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt   | 6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-block +9 -0
index dea212db9df3..6befa2ce667d 100644
@@ -271,3 +271,12 @@ Description:
 		size of 512B sectors of the zones of the device, with
 		the eventual exception of the last zone of the device
 		which may be smaller.
+
+What:		/sys/block/<disk>/queue/io_timeout
+Date:		November 2018
+Contact:	Weiping Zhang <[email protected]>
+Description:
+		io_timeout is the timeout in milliseconds of a request in
+		block layer. The block layer will start a timer when low
+		level device driver start the request, and cancel timer
+		when request completes.
Documentation/block/queue-sysfs.txt +6 -0
index 2c1e67058fd3..c0f2a9c92cce 100644
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ If set to a value larger than 0, the kernel will put the process issuing
 IO to sleep for this amont of microseconds before entering classic
 polling.
 
+io_timeout (RW)
+---------------
+This is the timeout in milliseconds of a request in block layer.
+The block layer will start a timer when low level device driver start
+the request, and cancel timer when request completes.
+
 iostats (RW)
 -------------
 This file is used to control (on/off) the iostats accounting of the
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Quoted 1 line · Weiping Zhang

add documentation for /sys/block/<disk>/queue/io_timeout

Patch descriptions should consist of full sentences. That means that these should start with a capital letter and end with a period.

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+-What:		/sys/block/<disk>/queue/io_timeout
+-Date:		November 2018
+-Contact:	Weiping Zhang <[email protected]>>+-Description:
+-		io_timeout is the timeout in milliseconds of a request in
+-		block layer. The block layer will start a timer when low
+-		level device driver start the request, and cancel timer
+-		when request completes.

The grammar of that explanation needs to be improved ... I can spot three grammatical issues.

Thanks,

Bart.