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nbd: increase default and max request sizes
authorMichal Belczyk <belczyk@bsd.krakow.pl>
Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:28:28 +0000 (15:28 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 1 May 2013 00:04:07 +0000 (17:04 -0700)
commit897aab417e3859255fc2231ed2ee01732b9ee765
treeb89690216b6c55b91d9d14775592b660c69010cf
parent5a7e08ac58a7da0ace5ce074eae7a368688d494a
nbd: increase default and max request sizes

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>
drivers/block/nbd.c