Re: [PATCH] target: Pass through I/O topology for block backstores

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On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:40:06AM -0700, Andy Grover wrote:
> In addition to block size (already implemented), passing through
> alignment offset, logical-to-phys block exponent, I/O granularity and
> optimal I/O length will allow initiators to properly handle layout on
> LUNs with 4K block sizes.
> 
> Tested with various weird values via scsi_debug module.
> 
> One thing to look at with this patch is the new block limits values --
> instead of granularity 1 optimal 8192, Lio will now be returning whatever
> the block device says, which may affect performance.

Wouldn't it be nicer to have a single method that takes a whole
queue_limits structure?

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