linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: bio: kill BIO_MAX

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Message-ID: <575A3573.7010401@fb.com>
Date:	Thu, 9 Jun 2016 21:35:15 -0600
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>
To:	Ming Lei <ming.lei@...onical.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	"Mike Christie" <mchristi@...hat.com>,
	Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>,
	Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: bio: kill BIO_MAX_SIZE

On 06/09/2016 09:27 PM, Ming Lei wrote:
> No one need this macro now, so remove it. Basically
> only how many bvecs in one bio matters instead
> of how many bytes in this bio.
>
> The motivation is for supporting multipage bvecs, in
> which we only know what the max count of bvecs is supported
> in the bio.

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jens Axboe