[PATCH v2 1/2] nvmet-passthru: Limit mdts by BIO_MAX_PAGES
Logan Gunthorpe
logang at deltatee.com
Mon Oct 19 22:05:36 EDT 2020
On 2020-10-19 8:03 p.m., Chaitanya Kulkarni wrote:
> On 10/19/20 08:40, Logan Gunthorpe wrote:
>>>> + max_hw_sectors = min_not_zero(BIO_MAX_PAGES << (PAGE_SHIFT - 9),
>>>> + max_hw_sectors);
>>> can 9 be replaced with SECTOR_SHIFT ?
>> Oh, yes, that does sound better. Thanks.
>>
>> Logan
>>
>>
> Although it is a good suggestion we are not using the SECTOR_SIZE in
>
> the target code, I don't think we should change that for passthru. Also,
>
> I remember that on the block layer mailing list SECTOR_SIZE macro been
>
> discouraged over use of 9.
Well in that case v2 or v3 can be merged depending on maintainer preference.
Logan
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