mirror_zfs/config/kernel-bdev-physical-size.m4
Brian Behlendorf 2404b01499 Improve AF hard disk detection
Use the bdev_physical_block_size() interface to determine the
minimize write size which can be issued without incurring a
read-modify-write operation.  This is used to set the ashift
correctly to prevent a performance penalty when using AF hard
disks.

Unfortunately, this interface isn't entirely reliable because
it's not uncommon for disks to misreport this value.  For this
reason you may still need to manually set your ashift with:

  zpool create -o ashift=12 ...

The solution to this in the upstream Illumos source was to add
a white list of known offending drives.  Maintaining such a list
will be a burden, but it still may be worth doing if we can
detect a large number of these drives.  This should be considered
as future work.

Reported-by: Richard Yao <ryao@cs.stonybrook.edu>
Signed-off-by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Closes #916
2012-11-15 11:06:14 -08:00

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dnl #
dnl # 2.6.30 API change
dnl #
dnl # The bdev_physical_block_size() interface was added to provide a way
dnl # to determine the smallest write which can be performed without a
dnl # read-modify-write operation. From the kernel documentation:
dnl #
dnl # What: /sys/block/<disk>/queue/physical_block_size
dnl # Date: May 2009
dnl # Contact: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
dnl # Description:
dnl # This is the smallest unit the storage device can write
dnl # without resorting to read-modify-write operation. It is
dnl # usually the same as the logical block size but may be
dnl # bigger. One example is SATA drives with 4KB sectors
dnl # that expose a 512-byte logical block size to the
dnl # operating system.
dnl #
dnl # Unfortunately, this interface isn't entirely reliable because
dnl # drives are sometimes known to misreport this value.
dnl #
AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_BDEV_PHYSICAL_BLOCK_SIZE], [
AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether bdev_physical_block_size() is available])
tmp_flags="$EXTRA_KCFLAGS"
EXTRA_KCFLAGS="-Wno-unused-but-set-variable"
ZFS_LINUX_TRY_COMPILE([
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
],[
struct block_device *bdev = NULL;
bdev_physical_block_size(bdev);
],[
AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BDEV_PHYSICAL_BLOCK_SIZE, 1,
[bdev_physical_block_size() is available])
],[
AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
])
EXTRA_KCFLAGS="$tmp_flags"
])