linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/6] remove the limit max_sectors_kb imposed on max_readahead

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Message-ID: <20070720110743.GT11657@kernel.dk>
Date:	Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:07:43 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	Fengguang Wu <wfg@...l.ustc.edu.cn>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] remove the limit max_sectors_kb imposed on
	max_readahead_kb

On Fri, Jul 20 2007, Fengguang Wu wrote:
> Remove the size limit max_sectors_kb imposed on max_readahead_kb.
> 
> max_sectors_kb cannot grow larger than max_hw_sectors_kb, which can be
> rather small for some disk drives.

Please CC me on core block layer changes, thanks.

The patch looks fine though! Your reasoning is a bit odd, though. I
think the depency between the two is just wrong and ugly, so I agree it
should go.

Acked-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>

-- 
Jens Axboe

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