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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-09-14 17:55:15 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-09-14 17:55:15 -0700 |
commit | 355bbd8cb82e60a592f6cd86ce6dbe5677615cf4 (patch) | |
tree | 23678e50ad4687f1656edc972388ee8014e7b89d /block/blk-settings.c | |
parent | 39695224bd84dc4be29abad93a0ec232a16fc519 (diff) | |
parent | 746cd1e7e4a555ddaee53b19a46e05c9c61eaf09 (diff) |
Merge branch 'for-2.6.32' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block
* 'for-2.6.32' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (29 commits)
block: use blkdev_issue_discard in blk_ioctl_discard
Make DISCARD_BARRIER and DISCARD_NOBARRIER writes instead of reads
block: don't assume device has a request list backing in nr_requests store
block: Optimal I/O limit wrapper
cfq: choose a new next_req when a request is dispatched
Seperate read and write statistics of in_flight requests
aoe: end barrier bios with EOPNOTSUPP
block: trace bio queueing trial only when it occurs
block: enable rq CPU completion affinity by default
cfq: fix the log message after dispatched a request
block: use printk_once
cciss: memory leak in cciss_init_one()
splice: update mtime and atime on files
block: make blk_iopoll_prep_sched() follow normal 0/1 return convention
cfq-iosched: get rid of must_alloc flag
block: use interrupts disabled version of raise_softirq_irqoff()
block: fix comment in blk-iopoll.c
block: adjust default budget for blk-iopoll
block: fix long lines in block/blk-iopoll.c
block: add blk-iopoll, a NAPI like approach for block devices
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Diffstat (limited to 'block/blk-settings.c')
-rw-r--r-- | block/blk-settings.c | 21 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c index 476d8706507..83413ff8373 100644 --- a/block/blk-settings.c +++ b/block/blk-settings.c @@ -428,6 +428,25 @@ void blk_queue_io_min(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int min) EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_io_min); /** + * blk_limits_io_opt - set optimal request size for a device + * @limits: the queue limits + * @opt: smallest I/O size in bytes + * + * Description: + * Storage devices may report an optimal I/O size, which is the + * device's preferred unit for sustained I/O. This is rarely reported + * for disk drives. For RAID arrays it is usually the stripe width or + * the internal track size. A properly aligned multiple of + * optimal_io_size is the preferred request size for workloads where + * sustained throughput is desired. + */ +void blk_limits_io_opt(struct queue_limits *limits, unsigned int opt) +{ + limits->io_opt = opt; +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_limits_io_opt); + +/** * blk_queue_io_opt - set optimal request size for the queue * @q: the request queue for the device * @opt: optimal request size in bytes @@ -442,7 +461,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_io_min); */ void blk_queue_io_opt(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int opt) { - q->limits.io_opt = opt; + blk_limits_io_opt(&q->limits, opt); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_io_opt); |