[PATCH] block: split bios to max possible length

[Jens Axboe]

On 01/12/2016 03:08 PM, Keith Busch wrote:
> This splits bio in the middle of a vector to form the largest possible
> bio at the h/w's desired alignment, and guarantees the bio being split
> will have some data.
>
> The criteria for splitting is changed from the max sectors to the h/w's
> optimal sector alignment if it is provided. For h/w that advertise their
> block storage's underlying chunk size, it's a big performance win to not
> submit commands that cross them. If sector alignment is not provided,
> this patch uses the max sectors as before.
>
> This addresses the performance issue commit d380561113 attempted to
> fix, but was reverted due to splitting logic error.

Thanks Keith, added for 4.5.

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Jens Axboe