Re: [Nbd] [PATCH] nbd: set sk->sk_sndtimeo for our sockets

[Jens Axboe <axboe@...161...>]

On 06/08/2017 01:39 PM, josef@...2877... wrote:
> From: Josef Bacik <jbacik@...2204...>
> 
> If the nbd server stops receiving packets altogether we will get stuck
> waiting for them to receive indefinitely as the tcp buffer will never
> empty, which looks like a deadlock.  Fix this by setting the sk send
> timeout to our configured timeout, that way if the server really
> misbehaves we'll disconnect cleanly instead of waiting forever.

Queued up for 4.13, thanks.

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Jens Axboe