linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/14] aoe: for performance support larger packet payloads

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Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:11:08 -0700
From:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/14] aoe: for performance support larger packet
 payloads

On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 21:18:37 -0400
Ed Cashin <ecashin@...aid.com> wrote:

> --- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
> @@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ aoeblk_gdalloc(void *vp)
>  	if (bdi_init(&d->blkq->backing_dev_info))
>  		goto err_blkq;
>  	spin_lock_irqsave(&d->lock, flags);
> +	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(d->blkq, BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS);
> +	d->blkq->backing_dev_info.ra_pages = BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS * 1024;
> +	d->blkq->backing_dev_info.ra_pages /= PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;

This seems a bit abusive of BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS, which is in units of
512-byte sectors.  (BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS * 512)/PAGE_CACHE_SIZE would
make sense.


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