Re: [PATCH v4 01/10] block: Introduce queue limits for copy-offload support

[Hannes Reinecke]

On 4/26/22 12:12, Nitesh Shetty wrote:
> Add device limits as sysfs entries,
>          - copy_offload (RW)
>          - copy_max_bytes (RW)
>          - copy_max_hw_bytes (RO)
>          - copy_max_range_bytes (RW)
>          - copy_max_range_hw_bytes (RO)
>          - copy_max_nr_ranges (RW)
>          - copy_max_nr_ranges_hw (RO)
>
> Above limits help to split the copy payload in block layer.
> copy_offload, used for setting copy offload(1) or emulation(0).
> copy_max_bytes: maximum total length of copy in single payload.
> copy_max_range_bytes: maximum length in a single entry.
> copy_max_nr_ranges: maximum number of entries in a payload.
> copy_max_*_hw_*: Reflects the device supported maximum limits.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nitesh Shetty <nj.shetty@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kanchan Joshi <joshi.k@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Arnav Dawn <arnav.dawn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-block |  83 ++++++++++++++++
>   block/blk-settings.c                 |  59 ++++++++++++
>   block/blk-sysfs.c                    | 138 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   include/linux/blkdev.h               |  13 +++
>   4 files changed, 293 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx>

Cheers,

Hannes
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