Re: [PATCH 05/11] mtip32xx: Set block queue boundary variables

From: Jens Axboe
Date: Thu May 31 2012 - 02:44:16 EST


On 05/30/2012 03:42 AM, Asai Thambi S P wrote:
>
> Set the following block queue boundary variables
> * max_hw_sectors
> * max_segment_size
> * nr_requests
>
> Signed-off-by: Asai Thambi S P <asamymuthupa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c | 4 ++++
> 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c b/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
> index 9fe897d..801e70c 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/mtip32xx/mtip32xx.c
> @@ -3631,7 +3631,11 @@ skip_create_disk:
> set_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, &dd->queue->queue_flags);
> blk_queue_max_segments(dd->queue, MTIP_MAX_SG);
> blk_queue_physical_block_size(dd->queue, 4096);
> + blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(dd->queue, 0xffff);
> + blk_queue_max_segment_size(dd->queue, 0x400000);
> blk_queue_io_min(dd->queue, 4096);
> + dd->queue->nr_requests = 255;

->nr_requests isn't a boundary variable you set for the queue. It's set
by the core bits, or by the user via the sysfs interface.

So you should not touch that from the driver.

--
Jens Axboe

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