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Re: [PATCH 04/14] block: take io_opt and io_min into account for max_sectors


  • To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
  • From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2024 21:40:27 -0400
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Christoph,

> The soft max_sectors limit is normally capped by the hardware limits and
> an arbitrary upper limit enforced by the kernel, but can be modified by
> the user.  A few drivers want to increase this limit (nbd, rbd) or
> adjust it up or down based on hardware capabilities (sd).

Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>

-- 
Martin K. Petersen      Oracle Linux Engineering



 


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