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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] x86: replace BIO_VMERGE_BOUNDARY with BIOVEC_PHYS_MERGEABLE
FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
> The block layer always done the physical merge if possible. We don't
> provide any kernel parameter to disable it.
>
> The iommu_bio_merge parameter had been used to enable the virtual
> merge. As I wrote, the virtual merge feature was completely
> removed. Effectively, the iommu_bio_merge parameter is meaningless
> now.
>

Under Xen, pages which appear to be pseudo-physically adjacent are not
necessarily really physically adjacent. We need to hook
BIOVEC_PHYS_MERGEABLE to prevent the bio layer from inappropriately
merging requests across non-contiguous page boundaries.

J


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