linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv4 18/43] block: define BIO_MAX_PAGES to HPAGE_PMD

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Date:   Wed, 26 Oct 2016 00:35:43 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 18/43] block: define BIO_MAX_PAGES to HPAGE_PMD_NR if
 huge page cache enabled

On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 03:54:31PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> The size of required pool depends on architecture: different architectures
> has different (huge page size)/(base page size).

Please explain first why they are required and not just nice to have.