From 430682d7e9e28a07c0f27375de38d798bbf4023d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leah Rowe Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 18:31:16 +0000 Subject: util/nvmutil: 5 retries, not 10 Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe --- util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'util/nvmutil') diff --git a/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c b/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c index d291e7b0..3ef0d57a 100644 --- a/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c +++ b/util/nvmutil/nvmutil.c @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ * Regarding: * Retries on zero-return. * - * 10 retries is generous, + * 5 retries is generous, * but also conservative. * This is enough for e.g. * slow USB flash drives, @@ -29,11 +29,17 @@ * Any more is too much * and not of much benefit. * + * 3-5 will tolerate buggy + * USB drives for example, + * but won't spin as long + * on really buggy and slow + * networks e.g. slow NFS. + * * At least 3-5 recommended. * Pass this at build time. */ #ifndef MAX_ZERO_RW_RETRY -#define MAX_ZERO_RW_RETRY 10 +#define MAX_ZERO_RW_RETRY 5 #endif /* * 0: portable pread/pwrite -- cgit v1.2.1