linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 05/11] block: remove split code in blkdev_issue_{discard,write

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Message-ID: <x49io60wdap.fsf@segfault.boston.devel.redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 21 Oct 2015 09:39:58 -0400
From:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	Ming Lin <mlin@...nel.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>,
	Dongsu Park <dpark@...teo.net>,
	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>,
	"Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
	Ming Lin <ming.l@....samsung.com>,
	linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 05/11] block: remove split code in blkdev_issue_{discard,write_same}

Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> writes:

> Jens, Ming:
>
> are you fine with the one liner change to get back to the old I/O
> pattern?  While it looks like the cards fault I'd like to avoid this
> annoying regression.

I'm not Jens or Ming, but your patch looks fine to me, though you'll
want to remove the MAX_BIO_SECTORS definition since it's now unused.
It's not clear to me why the limit was lowered in the first place.

You can add my Reviewed-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com> if you resend
the patch.

-Jeff
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