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authorShaohua Li <shli@fb.com>2017-08-31 22:09:46 -0700
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2017-09-01 08:44:34 -0600
commit40326d8a33d5b70039849d233975b63c733d94a2 (patch)
tree8fcd492241c391279b3957fed2979c1d70aaa1e5 /drivers/block/loop.h
parentblock/loop: set hw_sectors (diff)
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block/loop: allow request merge for directio mode
Currently loop disables merge. While it makes sense for buffer IO mode, directio mode can benefit from request merge. Without merge, loop could send small size IO to underlayer disk and harm performance. Reviewed-by: Omar Sandoval <osandov@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.h b/drivers/block/loop.h
index efe57189d01e..43d20d37b79a 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.h
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ struct loop_cmd {
bool use_aio; /* use AIO interface to handle I/O */
long ret;
struct kiocb iocb;
+ struct bio_vec *bvec;
};
/* Support for loadable transfer modules */