Re: [Patch v9 02/10] block: Generalize chunk_sectors support as boundary support

[Hannes Reinecke]

On 6/20/24 14:53, John Garry wrote:
> The purpose of the chunk_sectors limit is to ensure that a mergeble request
> fits within the boundary of the chunck_sector value.
>
> Such a feature will be useful for other request_queue boundary limits, so
> generalize the chunk_sectors merge code.
>
> This idea was proposed by Hannes Reinecke.
>
> Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   block/blk-merge.c      | 20 ++++++++++++++------
>   drivers/md/dm.c        |  2 +-
>   include/linux/blkdev.h | 13 +++++++------
>   3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>

Cheers,

Hannes
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