[dm-devel] [PATCH 9/9] dm crypt: sort writes

[Alasdair G Kergon]

On Tue, Apr 01, 2014 at 07:35:28PM +0200, Milan Broz wrote:
> Btw if you don't like sysfs option for disabling this, it can be optional table parameter,
> there is already discard support implemented this way.
> (I could add this myself later... just need to find at least few hours
> of free time:)
 
But apart from using that option for benchmarking purposes, is there any reason
anyone would need to turn this off?

Do we know of any circumstances where the sorting causes a non-neglible
performance hit?

Alasdair