Re: [PATCH V2] block: make segment size limit workable for > 4K PAGE_SIZE
From: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@kernel.org>
Date: 2025-02-14 12:28:44
On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 07:19:45PM +0100, Ming Lei wrote:
On Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 10:38:36AM +0100, Daniel Gomez wrote:quoted
On Mon, Feb 10, 2025 at 05:03:19PM +0100, Ming Lei wrote:quoted
/**diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h index 248416ecd01c..32188af4051e 100644 --- a/include/linux/blkdev.h +++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h@@ -1163,6 +1163,7 @@ static inline bool bdev_is_partition(struct block_device *bdev) enum blk_default_limits { BLK_MAX_SEGMENTS = 128, BLK_SAFE_MAX_SECTORS = 255, + BLK_MIN_SEGMENT_SIZE = 4096, /* min(PAGE_SIZE) */I think it would be useful to expose this value to the queue_limits andCan you share it is useful for what?
I meant for your use case.
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sysfs (and remove it from here). We can default it to PAGE_SIZE (as it has always been) and allow to overwrite it when the block driver initializes theWhich device driver needs to initialize it?
I mean, it would be yours. Keeping the default minimum segment size to PAGE_SIZE rather than changing it to 4k, would keep the current behaviour. Then, adding the minimum segment limit would allow your driver to overwrite it for your use case.