Re: [RFC PATCH] block: change max_segments default to USHRT_MAX

From: Martin K. Petersen
Date: Tue Nov 29 2011 - 12:59:17 EST


>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Mike> The reported problem was that a DM multipath device's max_segemnts
Mike> was constrained to BLK_MAX_SEGMENTS (128) even though the
Mike> underlying paths' max_segments were larger. For example, SCSI
Mike> establishes a max_segments of SCSI_MAX_SG_CHAIN_SEGMENTS (2048).

I'd rather that we revisited the patches I posted a while back where we
have different defaults for LLDs and stacking drivers.

I'll freshen those up and post them later today. I have a few concalls
to clear first...

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Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering
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