Re: [Question] IO is split by block layer when size is larger than 4k

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On 3/12/20 12:13 PM, Feng Li wrote:
> Hi experts,
> 
> May I ask a question about block layer?
> When running fio in guest os, I find a 256k IO is split into the page
> by page in bio, saved in bvecs.
> And virtio-blk just put the bio_vec one by one in the available
> descriptor table.
> 
It isn't 'split', it's using _one_ bio containing bvecs, where each bvec
consists of one page.

'split' for the blocklayer means that a single I/O is split into several
bios, which I dont' think is the case here. Or?

Cheers,

Hannes
-- 
Dr. Hannes Reinecke		           Kernel Storage Architect
hare@xxxxxxx			                  +49 911 74053 688
SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg
HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg), GF: Felix Imendörffer



[Index of Archives]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux SCSI]     [Linux ATA RAID]     [IDE]     [Linux Wireless]     [Linux Kernel]     [ATH6KL]     [Linux Bluetooth]     [Linux Netdev]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Security]     [Git]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite News]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Device Mapper]

  Powered by Linux