[PATCH v8 2/6] block: loop: set QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES for request queue of loop

[Ming Lei]

It doesn't make sense to enable merge because the I/O
submitted to backing file is handled page by page.

Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 drivers/block/loop.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index f9889b6..eee7510 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1595,6 +1595,12 @@ static int loop_add(struct loop_device **l, int i)
 	}
 	lo->lo_queue->queuedata = lo;
 
+	/*
+	 * It doesn't make sense to enable merge because the I/O
+	 * submitted to backing file is handled page by page.
+	 */
+	queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NOMERGES, lo->lo_queue);
+
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&lo->write_cmd_head);
 	INIT_WORK(&lo->write_work, loop_queue_write_work);
 
-- 
1.9.1

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