On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 11:01:29AM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> It isn't DM that splits the IO into 4K chunks; it is the VM subsystem
> no?
Well, it's the block layer based on what DM tells it. Take a look at
dm_merge_bvec
>From dm_merge_bvec:
/*
* If the target doesn't support merge method and some of the devices
* provided their merge_bvec method (we know this by looking at
* queue_max_hw_sectors), then we can't allow bios with multiple vector
* entries. So always set max_size to 0, and the code below allows
* just one page.
*/
Although it's not the general case, just if the driver has a
merge_bvec method. But this happens if you using DM ontop of MD where I
saw it aswell as on rbd, which is why it's correct in this context, too.
Sorry for over generalizing a bit.
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