linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/13] megaraid_sas: set virt_boundary

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Date:   Sat, 8 Jun 2019 10:14:00 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Kashyap Desai <kashyap.desai@...adcom.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Sebastian Ott <sebott@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Max Gurtovoy <maxg@...lanox.com>,
        Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>,
        Ulf Hansson <ulf.hansson@...aro.org>,
        Alan Stern <stern@...land.harvard.edu>,
        Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-mmc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        "PDL,MEGARAIDLINUX" <megaraidlinux.pdl@...adcom.com>,
        PDL-MPT-FUSIONLINUX <mpt-fusionlinux.pdl@...adcom.com>,
        linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        usb-storage@...ts.one-eyed-alien.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/13] megaraid_sas: set virt_boundary_mask in the scsi
 host

On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 09:07:27PM +0530, Kashyap Desai wrote:
> Hi Christoph, Changes for <megaraid_sas> and <mpt3sas> looks good. We want
> to confirm few sanity before ACK. BTW, what benefit we will see moving
> virt_boundry setting to SCSI mid layer ? Is it just modular approach OR any
> functional fix ?

The big difference is that virt_boundary now also changes the
max_segment_size, and this ensures that this limit is also communicated
to the DMA mapping layer.