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SubjectRe: [PATCH v4 1/3]mmc: set max_discard_sectors value for mmc queue
On 12/02/11 08:22, ext Chuanxiao Dong wrote:
> max_discard_sectors value is UINT_MAX which means kernel block layer can pass
> down unlimited sectors to MMC driver to erase. But erasing so many sectors may
> delay some other important I/O requests. This is not preferred.
>
> So use 'pref_erase' to set a suitable max_discard_sectors value for mmc queue to
> avoid erasing too many sectors at one time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chuanxiao Dong<chuanxiao.dong@intel.com>
> ---
> drivers/mmc/card/queue.c | 3 ++-
> drivers/mmc/core/core.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/mmc/core.h | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
> index 4e42d03..6c13859 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/card/queue.c
> @@ -131,7 +131,8 @@ int mmc_init_queue(struct mmc_queue *mq, struct mmc_card *card, spinlock_t *lock
> queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_NONROT, mq->queue);
> if (mmc_can_erase(card)) {
> queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, mq->queue);
> - mq->queue->limits.max_discard_sectors = UINT_MAX;
> + mq->queue->limits.max_discard_sectors =
> + mmc_set_max_discard_sectors(card);
> if (card->erased_byte == 0)
> mq->queue->limits.discard_zeroes_data = 1;
> if (!mmc_can_trim(card)&& is_power_of_2(card->erase_size)) {
> diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
> index 34a7e8c..0eb27aa 100644
> --- a/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
> +++ b/drivers/mmc/core/core.c
> @@ -1470,6 +1470,26 @@ int mmc_erase_group_aligned(struct mmc_card *card, unsigned int from,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(mmc_erase_group_aligned);
>
> +/*
> + * Set max_discard_sectors for mmc queue.
> + * max_discard_sectors will determine how many sectors can be erased at one
> + * time. Sometimes user may want to erase a large area of SD or MMC card, it may
> + * take long time which delay some other important I/O requests. So we would
> + * better set some values for max_discard_sectors which can forbid block layer
> + * pass too many sectors at one time.
> + *
> + * 'pref_erase' is initialized for this purpose. We can use it to set a preferred
> + * value for it.
> + */
> +int mmc_set_max_discard_sectors(struct mmc_card *card)
> +{
> + if (card->pref_erase)
> + return card->pref_erase;

This will cause orders of magnitude decrease in secure erase
performance for eMMC.

> + else
> + return UINT_MAX;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(mmc_set_max_discard_sectors);
> +
> int mmc_set_blocklen(struct mmc_card *card, unsigned int blocklen)
> {
> struct mmc_command cmd;
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmc/core.h b/include/linux/mmc/core.h
> index 64e013f..a218d57 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmc/core.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmc/core.h
> @@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ extern int mmc_can_trim(struct mmc_card *card);
> extern int mmc_can_secure_erase_trim(struct mmc_card *card);
> extern int mmc_erase_group_aligned(struct mmc_card *card, unsigned int from,
> unsigned int nr);
> +extern int mmc_set_max_discard_sectors(struct mmc_card *card);
>
> extern int mmc_set_blocklen(struct mmc_card *card, unsigned int blocklen);
>



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