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Message-ID: <20120519005932.GM29330@agk-dp.fab.redhat.com>
Date:	Sat, 19 May 2012 01:59:32 +0100
From:	Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>
To:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc:	koverstreet@...gle.com, axboe@...nel.dk, dm-devel@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-bcache@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, agk@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH 12/13] Make generic_make_request handle
	arbitrarily large bios

On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:52:16AM -0700, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Does this by any chance allow killing ->merge_bvec_fn()?

merge_bvec also has an impact on efficiency.

Why create a too-large bio in the first place if it's only going to have to
get split up again?

If a change like this goes in, the various trade-offs should be re-examined.

Alasdair
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