This allows sending larger than 1 MB requess to devices that support
large I/O sizes.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Reported-by: Laurence Oberman <loberman@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/block_dev.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 7c45072..206a92a 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ __blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, int nr_pages)
struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
struct inode *inode = bdev_file_inode(file);
struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(inode);
+ struct blk_plug plug;
struct blkdev_dio *dio;
struct bio *bio;
bool is_read = (iov_iter_rw(iter) == READ);
@@ -353,6 +354,7 @@ __blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, int nr_pages)
dio->multi_bio = false;
dio->should_dirty = is_read && (iter->type == ITER_IOVEC);
+ blk_start_plug(&plug);
for (;;) {
bio->bi_bdev = bdev;
bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = pos >> 9;
@@ -394,6 +396,7 @@ __blkdev_direct_IO(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *iter, int nr_pages)
submit_bio(bio);
bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, nr_pages);
}
+ blk_finish_plug(&plug);
if (!dio->is_sync)
return -EIOCBQUEUED;
--
2.1.4
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