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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Segments can span multiple clusters with tap:qco

To: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Segments can span multiple clusters with tap:qcow
From: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:21:01 +0100
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On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 11:00 +0100, Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 26/4/07 10:18, "Mark McLoughlin" <markmc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >> The current code allocates aio-request info for every segment in a request
> >> ring (MAX_AIO_REQUESTS == BLK_RING_SIZE * MAX_SEGMENTS_PER_REQUEST). This
> >> patch seems to take into account that each segment (part-of-page) can 
> >> itself
> >> be split into clusters, hence the page_size/cluster_size calculation, but
> >> shouldn't this be multiplied by the existing MAX_AIO_REQUESTS? Otherwise 
> >> you
> >> provide only enough aio requests for one segment at a time, rather than a
> >> request ring's worth of segments?
> > 
> > Absolutely, well spotted. I fixed that typo after testing, but
> > obviously forgot to run "quilt refresh" before sending ...
> > 
> > Fixed version attached.
> 
> This one doesn't build (free_aio_state: line 164: structure has no member
> named 'private'). Perhaps free_aio_state() should take a 'struct
> disk_driver' rather than a 'struct td_state'?

        Gah, merge error going from 3.0.4 to 3.0.5. This one builds.

Thanks,
Mark.

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