Re: [PATCH 05/11] mtip32xx: Set block queue boundary variables

[Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>]

>>>>> @@ -3631,7 +3631,11 @@ skip_create_disk:
>>>>>  	set_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, &dd->queue->queue_flags);
>>>>>  	blk_queue_max_segments(dd->queue, MTIP_MAX_SG);
>>>>>  	blk_queue_physical_block_size(dd->queue, 4096);
>>>>> +	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(dd->queue, 0xffff);
>>>>> +	blk_queue_max_segment_size(dd->queue, 0x400000);
>>>>>  	blk_queue_io_min(dd->queue, 4096);
>>>>> +	dd->queue->nr_requests = 255;
>>>>
>>>> ->nr_requests isn't a boundary variable you set for the queue. It's set
>>>> by the core bits, or by the user via the sysfs interface.
>>>>
>>>> So you should not touch that from the driver.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ok.
>>>
>>> I saw scsi lib module changing it, so thought of changing the value close to
>>> device queue depth.
>> 
>> That's actually a fair point.  What is the device queue depth for this
>> card?
>> 
> 256

Jens, I actually think changing nr_requests makes sense;  the only
question in my mind is where to do it.  (There's no point in artificially
limiting the device by default.)  IIRC, your general rule was to set this
value to 2x the device's queue depth.  So, given that this driver
doesn't use the blk-tag interfaces, what do you think would be the
cleanest way to bump nr_requests in this (and the more general) case?

Cheers,
Jeff