Commit 2d5dc3ba authored by Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk's avatar Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk

xen-blkfront: Introduce a 'max' module parameter to alter the amount of indirect segments.

The max module parameter (by default 32) is the maximum number of
segments that the frontend will negotiate with the backend for indirect
descriptors.  Higher value means more potential throughput but more
memory usage. The backend picks the minimum of the frontend and its
default backend value.
Signed-off-by: default avatarKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
parent b7649158
What: /sys/module/xen_blkfront/parameters/max
Date: June 2013
KernelVersion: 3.11
Contact: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
Description:
Maximum number of segments that the frontend will negotiate
with the backend for indirect descriptors. The default value
is 32 - higher value means more potential throughput but more
memory usage. The backend picks the minimum of the frontend
and its default backend value.
...@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ static const struct block_device_operations xlvbd_block_fops; ...@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ static const struct block_device_operations xlvbd_block_fops;
*/ */
static unsigned int xen_blkif_max_segments = 32; static unsigned int xen_blkif_max_segments = 32;
module_param_named(max, xen_blkif_max_segments, int, S_IRUGO);
MODULE_PARM_DESC(max, "Maximum amount of segments in indirect requests (default is 32)");
#define BLK_RING_SIZE __CONST_RING_SIZE(blkif, PAGE_SIZE) #define BLK_RING_SIZE __CONST_RING_SIZE(blkif, PAGE_SIZE)
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