Re: [PATCH NFS 3/3] Replace nfs_block_bits() with roundup_pow_of_two()

[Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no>]

su den 24.07.2005 Klokka 19:09 (-0400) skreiv Trond Myklebust:
> su den 24.07.2005 Klokka 16:36 (+0200) skreiv Rene Scharfe:
> > [PATCH NFS 3/3] Replace nfs_block_bits() with roundup_pow_of_two()
> > 
> > Function nfs_block_bits() an open-coded version of (the non-existing)
> > rounddown_pow_of_two().  That means that for non-power-of-two target
> > sizes it returns half the size needed for a block to fully contain
> > the target.  I guess this is wrong. :-)  The patch uses the built-in
> > roundup_pow_of_two() instead.
> 
> What non-power-of-two target? Anything _not_ aligned to a power of two
> boundary is a BUG!

Furthermore, rounding UP in order to "correct" this non-alignment would
definitely be a bug.

If users choose to override the default rsize/wsize, that is almost
always in order to limit the UDP fragmentation per read/write request on
lossy networks. By rounding up, you are doubling the number of fragments
that the user requested instead of respecting the limit.

Cheers,
  Trond

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