block: Update topology documentation

Update topology comments and sysfs documentation based upon discussions
with Neil Brown.

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Martin K. Petersen
2009-07-31 11:49:13 -04:00
committed by Jens Axboe
parent 70dd5bf3b9
commit 7e5f5fb09e
2 changed files with 36 additions and 20 deletions

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@@ -413,10 +413,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_limits_io_min);
* @min: smallest I/O size in bytes
*
* Description:
* Some devices have an internal block size bigger than the reported
* hardware sector size. This function can be used to signal the
* smallest I/O the device can perform without incurring a performance
* penalty.
* Storage devices may report a granularity or preferred minimum I/O
* size which is the smallest request the device can perform without
* incurring a performance penalty. For disk drives this is often the
* physical block size. For RAID arrays it is often the stripe chunk
* size. A properly aligned multiple of minimum_io_size is the
* preferred request size for workloads where a high number of I/O
* operations is desired.
*/
void blk_queue_io_min(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int min)
{
@@ -430,8 +433,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_io_min);
* @opt: optimal request size in bytes
*
* Description:
* Drivers can call this function to set the preferred I/O request
* size for devices that report such a value.
* Storage devices may report an optimal I/O size, which is the
* device's preferred unit for sustained I/O. This is rarely reported
* for disk drives. For RAID arrays it is usually the stripe width or
* the internal track size. A properly aligned multiple of
* optimal_io_size is the preferred request size for workloads where
* sustained throughput is desired.
*/
void blk_queue_io_opt(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int opt)
{