NAME¶

blk_limits_max_hw_sectors - set hard and soft limit of max sectors for request

SYNOPSIS¶

void blk_limits_max_hw_sectors(struct queue_limits * limits, unsigned int max_hw_sectors);

ARGUMENTS¶

limits

max_hw_sectors

DESCRIPTION¶

Enables a low level driver to set a hard upper limit, max_hw_sectors, on the size of requests. max_hw_sectors is set by the device driver based upon the capabilities of the I/O controller.

max_dev_sectors is a hard limit imposed by the storage device for READ/WRITE requests. It is set by the disk driver.

max_sectors is a soft limit imposed by the block layer for filesystem type requests. This value can be overridden on a per-device basis in /sys/block/<device>/queue/max_sectors_kb. The soft limit can not exceed max_hw_sectors.

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