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tAdd adds the ability to work with large packets composed of a number of
segments, using the scatter gather feature of the block layer (biovecs)
and the network layer (skb frag array). The motivation is the performance
gained by using a packet data payload greater than a page size and by
using the network card's scatter gather feature.
Users of the out-of-tree aoe driver already had these changes, but since
early 2011, they have complained of increased memory utilization and
higher CPU utilization during heavy writes.[1] The commit below appears
related, as it disables scatter gather on non-IP protocols inside the
harmonize_features function, even when the NIC supports sg.
commit
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aoe | ||
drbd | ||
mtip32xx | ||
paride | ||
xen-blkback | ||
amiflop.c | ||
ataflop.c | ||
brd.c | ||
cciss.c | ||
cciss.h | ||
cciss_cmd.h | ||
cciss_scsi.c | ||
cciss_scsi.h | ||
cpqarray.c | ||
cpqarray.h | ||
cryptoloop.c | ||
DAC960.c | ||
DAC960.h | ||
floppy.c | ||
hd.c | ||
ida_cmd.h | ||
ida_ioctl.h | ||
Kconfig | ||
loop.c | ||
Makefile | ||
mg_disk.c | ||
nbd.c | ||
nvme.c | ||
osdblk.c | ||
pktcdvd.c | ||
ps3disk.c | ||
ps3vram.c | ||
rbd.c | ||
rbd_types.h | ||
smart1,2.h | ||
sunvdc.c | ||
swim.c | ||
swim3.c | ||
swim_asm.S | ||
sx8.c | ||
umem.c | ||
umem.h | ||
virtio_blk.c | ||
xd.c | ||
xd.h | ||
xen-blkfront.c | ||
xsysace.c | ||
z2ram.c |