Re: Can a non-sg scsi write command be more than PAGE_SIZE length?

On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 10:29 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > Good question actually. I know XFS does passed vmalloc'ed memory down > the block I/O path, but that's as a scatter/gather request. All non-s/g > request should be contingous I think. > > We really need to write down the rules about w

Re: Can a non-sg scsi write command be more than PAGE_SIZE length?

On Tue, Apr 19, 2005 at 11:24:31AM +0200, Olivier Galibert wrote: > > Yes, it's allowed. > > Thanks. Pages in that case are continuous then, right? Good question actually. I know XFS does passed vmalloc'ed memory down the block I/O path, but that's as a scatter/gather request. All non-s/g requ