linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH V10 15/19] block: always define BIO_MAX

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Date:   Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:53:40 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Ming Lei <ming.lei@...hat.com>
Cc:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Dave Chinner <dchinner@...hat.com>,
        Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>,
        Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>,
        linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
        "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, Gao Xiang <gaoxiang25@...wei.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Coly Li <colyli@...e.de>,
        linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org, Boaz Harrosh <ooo@...ctrozaur.com>,
        Bob Peterson <rpeterso@...hat.com>, cluster-devel@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V10 15/19] block: always define BIO_MAX_PAGES as 256

> diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
> index 5040e9a2eb09..277921ad42e7 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bio.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bio.h
> @@ -34,15 +34,7 @@
>  #define BIO_BUG_ON
>  #endif
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_THP_SWAP
> -#if HPAGE_PMD_NR > 256
> -#define BIO_MAX_PAGES		HPAGE_PMD_NR
> -#else
>  #define BIO_MAX_PAGES		256
> -#endif
> -#else
> -#define BIO_MAX_PAGES		256
> -#endif

Looks good.  This mess should have never gone in.

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>