Re: [PATCH 4/6] remove the limit max_sectors_kb imposed onmax_readahead_kb

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Fri Jul 20 2007 - 07:08:22 EST


On Fri, Jul 20 2007, Fengguang Wu wrote:
> Remove the size limit max_sectors_kb imposed on max_readahead_kb.
>
> max_sectors_kb cannot grow larger than max_hw_sectors_kb, which can be
> rather small for some disk drives.

Please CC me on core block layer changes, thanks.

The patch looks fine though! Your reasoning is a bit odd, though. I
think the depency between the two is just wrong and ugly, so I agree it
should go.

Acked-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Jens Axboe

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