** Description changed: [SRU Justification] [Impact] - Some NVMe operations time out too quickly. The module parameters allow the timeouts to be extended, but only up to 255s, as the counters are bytes. + Some NVMe operations time out too quickly. The module parameters allow the timeouts to be extended, but only up to 255s, as the counters are bytes. [Fix] The underlying parameters are unsigned ints, so make the module parameters unsigned ints too, by picking patch http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-nvme/2017-September/012701.html + (Trusty specific) This also requires picking the patch that converts + the constant into a parameter, which is a clean cherry-pick. + [Regression Potential] - Very limited: only types of module parameters are changing, the patch is easily reviewable. + (X/Z/A) Very limited: only types of module parameters are changing, the patch is easily reviewable. + + (Trusty specific) Limited: a module parameter is added and its type is + changed. The patches are easily reviewable. + + [Testing] + (Trusty only) Boot tested on a c5.large instance on AWS which uses + NVMe to boot. Verified that the system still boots with the patches, + and that a timeout of 123456s is permitted.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-aws in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1729119 Title: NVMe timeout is too short Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux-aws package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Xenial: Fix Committed Status in linux-aws source package in Xenial: Fix Released Status in linux source package in Zesty: Fix Committed Status in linux-aws source package in Zesty: Invalid Status in linux source package in Artful: Fix Committed Status in linux-aws source package in Artful: Invalid Bug description: [SRU Justification] [Impact] Some NVMe operations time out too quickly. The module parameters allow the timeouts to be extended, but only up to 255s, as the counters are bytes. [Fix] The underlying parameters are unsigned ints, so make the module parameters unsigned ints too, by picking patch http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-nvme/2017-September/012701.html (Trusty specific) This also requires picking the patch that converts the constant into a parameter, which is a clean cherry-pick. [Regression Potential] (X/Z/A) Very limited: only types of module parameters are changing, the patch is easily reviewable. (Trusty specific) Limited: a module parameter is added and its type is changed. The patches are easily reviewable. [Testing] (Trusty only) Boot tested on a c5.large instance on AWS which uses NVMe to boot. Verified that the system still boots with the patches, and that a timeout of 123456s is permitted. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1729119/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
