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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
index 713fc9ff1149..2126842fb6e8 100644
--- a/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
+++ b/drivers/block/xen-blkback/blkback.c
@@ -84,6 +84,13 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_persistent_grants,
"Maximum number of grants to map persistently");
/*
+ * Maximum order of pages to be used for the shared ring between front and
+ * backend, 4KB page granularity is used.
+ */
+unsigned int xen_blkif_max_ring_order = XENBUS_MAX_RING_PAGE_ORDER;
+module_param_named(max_ring_page_order, xen_blkif_max_ring_order, int, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_ring_page_order, "Maximum order of pages to be used for the shared ring");
+/*
* The LRU mechanism to clean the lists of persistent grants needs to
* be executed periodically. The time interval between consecutive executions
* of the purge mechanism is set in ms.
@@ -1438,6 +1445,12 @@ static int __init xen_blkif_init(void)
if (!xen_domain())
return -ENODEV;
+ if (xen_blkif_max_ring_order > XENBUS_MAX_RING_PAGE_ORDER) {
+ pr_info("Invalid max_ring_order (%d), will use default max: %d.\n",
+ xen_blkif_max_ring_order, XENBUS_MAX_RING_PAGE_ORDER);
+ xen_blkif_max_ring_order = XENBUS_MAX_RING_PAGE_ORDER;
+ }
+
rc = xen_blkif_interface_init();
if (rc)
goto failed_init;