On Tue, 2 Apr 2013 15:41:20 -0400 (EDT) Paul Clements <paul.cleme...@steeleye.com> wrote:
> This patch raises the default max request size for nbd to 128KB (from 127KB) > to get it 4KB aligned. This patch also allows the max request size to be > increased (via /sys/block/nbd<x>/queue/max_sectors_kb) to 32MB. > > The patch makes nbd network traffic more efficient by: > - reducing request fragmentation (4KB alignment) > - reducing the number of requests (fewer round trips, less network overhead) > > Especially in high latency networks, larger request size can make a dramatic > difference in performance. > > From: Michal Belczyk <belc...@bsd.krakow.pl> > Signed-off-by: Paul Clements <paul.cleme...@steeleye.com> This is a bit odd. - The author's "From:" line shouild appear right at the start of the changelog. - Michal's Signed-off-by: is absent. Is one available? Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
