From d6b9f4e6f7fb589d8024a31cc4883d15d0c8def4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christoph Hellwig Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2023 09:23:05 +0000 Subject: block: rename and document BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS Give BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS a _CAP postfix and document what it is used for. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231227092305.279567-5-hch@lst.de Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- include/linux/blkdev.h | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux/blkdev.h') diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h index bc236e77d85e..94701a63ad8a 100644 --- a/include/linux/blkdev.h +++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h @@ -1056,7 +1056,14 @@ enum blk_default_limits { BLK_SEG_BOUNDARY_MASK = 0xFFFFFFFFUL, }; -#define BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS 2560u +/* + * Default upper limit for the software max_sectors limit used for + * regular file system I/O. This can be increased through sysfs. + * + * Not to be confused with the max_hw_sector limit that is entirely + * controlled by the driver, usually based on hardware limits. + */ +#define BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS_CAP 2560u static inline unsigned long queue_segment_boundary(const struct request_queue *q) { -- cgit