On 04/14/2017 05:26 AM, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 6:06 PM, Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Now commit 729204ef49ec("block: relax check on sg gap")
>> allows us to merge bios if both are physically contiguous,
>> this change can merge huge of small bios in use case of mkfs,
>> for example, mkfs.ntfs running time can be decreased to ~1/10.
>>
>> But if one rq starts with non-aligned buffer(the 1st bvec's
>> bv_offset isn't zero) and if we allow to merge, it is quite
>> difficult to respect sg gap limit, especially the segment
>> can't be at maximum segment size, otherwise the segment
>> ends in unaligned virt boundary. This patch trys to avoid the
>> issue by not allowing to merge if the req starts with non-aligned
>> buffer.
>>
>> Also add comments to explain why the merged segment can't
>> end in unaligned virt boundary.
>>
>> Fixes: 729204ef49ec ("block: relax check on sg gap")
>> Tested-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@xxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@xxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Ming Lei <ming.lei@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>
>
> Hi Jens and Omar,
>
> I know Jens is currently on vacation, but can maybe Omar get this fix to Linus
> before v4.11? This would be highly appreciated.
I'll pick this up now. I'm back early next week, so we're still fine for
4.11. But I'm glad I pushed back on the original change for 4.10 now.
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Jens Axboe
