Re: [PATCH] block: don't check position contiguity for DISCARD in attempt_merge

From: jianchao.wang
Date: Sat Oct 20 2018 - 09:57:57 EST


Hi Martin

On 10/19/18 11:57 PM, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
>
> Jianchao,
>
>> Discard command supports multiple ranges of blocks, so needn't
>> checking position contiguity when merging. Let's do the same thing
>> in attempt_merge as the blk_try_merge.
>
> Discards need to be contiguous unless queue->limits.max_discard_segments
> is bigger than 1. So if you remove this I think you need to add a
> contiguity check in req_attempt_discard_merge().
>
Yes.

I will send the V2 version next.

Thanks
Jianchao