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Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 13:19:04 -0700
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Subject: Re: Patch??: linux-2.5.20/fs/bio.c - ll_rw_kio could generate bio's 
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"Adam J. Richter" wrote:
> 
> ..
>         Jens has been cc'ed on all of this.  I think I should proceed
> as I described in the above paragraph.

I'd be more comfortable waiting for an ack from Jens, really.

+int bio_max_iovecs(request_queue_t *q, int *iovec_size)
+{
+       unsigned max_iovecs = min(q->max_phys_segments, q->max_hw_segments);

It seems that this test will significantly reduce the max BIO
size for some devices.  What's the thinking here?

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