The maximum number of struct iovec elements depends on the BlockDriverState. The raw-posix and iSCSI protocols have a maximum of IOV_MAX but others could have different values.
Cc: Peter Lieven <p...@kamp.de> Suggested-by: Kevin Wolf <kw...@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@redhat.com> --- v2: * Change default from INT_MAX to IOV_MAX [Peter Lieven] --- block/io.c | 5 +++++ include/block/block_int.h | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/block/io.c b/block/io.c index d4bc83b..37bc0dc 100644 --- a/block/io.c +++ b/block/io.c @@ -165,9 +165,13 @@ void bdrv_refresh_limits(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp) bs->bl.max_transfer_length = bs->file->bl.max_transfer_length; bs->bl.min_mem_alignment = bs->file->bl.min_mem_alignment; bs->bl.opt_mem_alignment = bs->file->bl.opt_mem_alignment; + bs->bl.max_iov = bs->file->bl.max_iov; } else { bs->bl.min_mem_alignment = 512; bs->bl.opt_mem_alignment = getpagesize(); + + /* Safe default since most protocols use readv()/writev()/etc */ + bs->bl.max_iov = IOV_MAX; } if (bs->backing_hd) { @@ -188,6 +192,7 @@ void bdrv_refresh_limits(BlockDriverState *bs, Error **errp) bs->bl.min_mem_alignment = MAX(bs->bl.min_mem_alignment, bs->backing_hd->bl.min_mem_alignment); + bs->bl.max_iov = MIN(bs->bl.max_iov, bs->backing_hd->bl.max_iov); } /* Then let the driver override it */ diff --git a/include/block/block_int.h b/include/block/block_int.h index 8996baf..7d578c4 100644 --- a/include/block/block_int.h +++ b/include/block/block_int.h @@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ typedef struct BlockLimits { /* memory alignment for bounce buffer */ size_t opt_mem_alignment; + + /* maximum number of iovec elements */ + int max_iov; } BlockLimits; typedef struct BdrvOpBlocker BdrvOpBlocker; -- 2.4.3