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authorKeith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org>2023-01-05 12:51:46 -0800
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2023-01-29 15:18:33 -0700
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block: save user max_sectors limit
The user can set the max_sectors limit to any valid value via sysfs /sys/block/<dev>/queue/max_sectors_kb attribute. If the device limits are ever rescanned, though, the limit reverts back to the potentially artificially low BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS value. Preserve the user's setting as the max_sectors limit as long as it's valid. The user can reset back to defaults by writing 0 to the sysfs file. Signed-off-by: Keith Busch <kbusch@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230105205146.3610282-3-kbusch@meta.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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@@ -432,7 +432,8 @@ Contact: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
Description:
[RW] This is the maximum number of kilobytes that the block
layer will allow for a filesystem request. Must be smaller than
- or equal to the maximum size allowed by the hardware.
+ or equal to the maximum size allowed by the hardware. Write 0
+ to use default kernel settings.
What: /sys/block/<disk>/queue/max_segment_size