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authorMarcin Dziegielewski <marcin.dziegielewski@intel.com>2018-06-01 16:41:10 +0200
committerJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>2018-06-01 09:02:53 -0600
commit4a828884c694dfaf002688b91a102e35d4961a1b (patch)
tree3bbe7647398267f3904226ef13242c597e5352a9 /drivers/lightnvm
parentfbadca7396b97d95e2390c97506358f4f9dce7c7 (diff)
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lightnvm: pblk: add possibility to set write buffer size manually
In some cases, users can want set write buffer size manually, e.g. to adjust it to specific workload. This patch provides the possibility to set write buffer size via module parameter feature. Signed-off-by: Marcin Dziegielewski <marcin.dziegielewski@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Igor Konopko <igor.j.konopko@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <mb@lightnvm.io> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/lightnvm')
-rw-r--r--drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
index 783887b891b7..ce561f5d48ce 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
#include "pblk.h"
+unsigned int write_buffer_size;
+
+module_param(write_buffer_size, uint, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(write_buffer_size, "number of entries in a write buffer");
+
static struct kmem_cache *pblk_ws_cache, *pblk_rec_cache, *pblk_g_rq_cache,
*pblk_w_rq_cache;
static DECLARE_RWSEM(pblk_lock);
@@ -172,10 +177,15 @@ static int pblk_rwb_init(struct pblk *pblk)
struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev = pblk->dev;
struct nvm_geo *geo = &dev->geo;
struct pblk_rb_entry *entries;
- unsigned long nr_entries;
+ unsigned long nr_entries, buffer_size;
unsigned int power_size, power_seg_sz;
- nr_entries = pblk_rb_calculate_size(pblk->pgs_in_buffer);
+ if (write_buffer_size && (write_buffer_size > pblk->pgs_in_buffer))
+ buffer_size = write_buffer_size;
+ else
+ buffer_size = pblk->pgs_in_buffer;
+
+ nr_entries = pblk_rb_calculate_size(buffer_size);
entries = vzalloc(nr_entries * sizeof(struct pblk_rb_entry));
if (!entries)
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