Re: [PATCH v3] storvsc: use small sg_tablesize on x86

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>>>>> "Olaf" == Olaf Hering <olaf@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Olaf> On Thu, Jun 09, James Bottomley wrote:
>> On Thu, 2016-06-09 at 18:25 +0200, Olaf Hering wrote:
>> > Reducing the sg_tablesize allows booting of 32bit kernels in VMs, >
>> after > commit be0cf6ca301c61458dc4aa1a37acf4f58d2ed3d6 ("scsi:
>> storvsc: Set > the > tablesize based on the information given by the
>> host")
>> > 
>> > [ 5.567138] hv_storvsc vmbus_1: adjusting sg_tablesize 0x800 -> >
>> 0x20
>> 
>> Are you really sure 32 is the correct size?

Olaf> Its a size that works, while the current state does not work at
Olaf> all.

>> I know 32 it what it had before, but the reason for the commit you
>> quote was to improve performance ...

Olaf> The commit above broke 32bit. Whoever wants to improve performance
Olaf> on this dead horse can submit another patch.

K.Y.?

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