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nbd: increase default and max request sizes

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Raise the default max request size for nbd to 128KB (from 127KB) to get it
4KB aligned.  This patch also allows the max request size to be increased
(via /sys/block/nbd<x>/queue/max_sectors_kb) to 32MB.

The patch makes nbd network traffic more efficient by:
- reducing request fragmentation (4KB alignment)
- reducing the number of requests (fewer round trips, less network overhead)

Especially in high latency networks, larger request size can make a dramatic

Signed-off-by: Paul Clements <paul.clements@steeleye.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Belczyk <belczyk@bsd.krakow.pl>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Michal Belczyk 2013-04-30 15:28:28 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 5cc5445164
commit 078be02b80
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drivers/block/nbd.c
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@ -856,6 +856,8 @@ static int __init nbd_init(void)
disk->queue->limits.discard_granularity = 512;
disk->queue->limits.max_discard_sectors = UINT_MAX;
disk->queue->limits.discard_zeroes_data = 0;
blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(disk->queue, 65536);
disk->queue->limits.max_sectors = 256;
}
if (register_blkdev(NBD_MAJOR, "nbd")) {