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Diffstat (limited to 'block/blk-merge.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | block/blk-merge.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/block/blk-merge.c b/block/blk-merge.c index d59074556703..51c84540d3bb 100644 --- a/block/blk-merge.c +++ b/block/blk-merge.c @@ -117,17 +117,11 @@ static struct bio *blk_bio_segment_split(struct request_queue *q, * each holds at most BIO_MAX_PAGES bvecs because * bio_clone() can fail to allocate big bvecs. * - * It should have been better to apply the limit per - * request queue in which bio_clone() is involved, - * instead of globally. The biggest blocker is the - * bio_clone() in bio bounce. + * Those drivers which will need to use bio_clone() + * should tell us in some way. For now, impose the + * BIO_MAX_PAGES limit on all queues. * - * If bio is splitted by this reason, we should have - * allowed to continue bios merging, but don't do - * that now for making the change simple. - * - * TODO: deal with bio bounce's bio_clone() gracefully - * and convert the global limit into per-queue limit. + * TODO: handle users of bio_clone() differently. */ if (bvecs++ >= BIO_MAX_PAGES) goto split; |