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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
To: Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com>,
	"Hack inc." <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Can a non-sg scsi write command be more than PAGE_SIZE length?
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 10:29:26 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050419092926.GA9785@infradead.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050419092431.GA98975@dspnet.fr.eu.org>

On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 11:24:31AM +0200, Olivier Galibert wrote:
> > Yes, it's allowed.
> 
> Thanks.  Pages in that case are continuous then, right?

Good question actually.  I know XFS does passed vmalloc'ed memory down
the block I/O path, but that's as a scatter/gather request.  All non-s/g
request should be contingous I think.

We really need to write down the rules about what memory can be passed
down the block I/O path - XFS for example sends kmalloced memory down
which all the iSCSI implementations don't like at all.

       reply	other threads:[~2005-04-19  9:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found]   ` <20050419092431.GA98975@dspnet.fr.eu.org>
2005-04-19  9:29     ` Christoph Hellwig [this message]
2005-04-19 14:14       ` Can a non-sg scsi write command be more than PAGE_SIZE length? James Bottomley

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