Commit 99bfc1c754 for qemu.org
commit 99bfc1c7549894e849c41640f1c4dc4b3a1c963b
Author: Max Makarov <maxpain177@gmail.com>
Date: Mon Mar 30 22:34:51 2026 +0300
vhost-user-blk-server: fix opt_io_size=1 causing severe Windows I/O degradation
The QSD vhost-user-blk export sets opt_io_size=1 and min_io_size=1 in
the virtio config. These values are reported to the guest through the
VPD Block Limits page as OptimalTransferLength=1 block (512 bytes)
and OptimalTransferLengthGranularity=1 block.
Windows respects these hints and splits all I/O into ~512-byte
requests, causing ~100x sequential throughput degradation (150 MB/s
instead of 15+ GB/s). Linux is unaffected as its block layer ignores
these values.
Set both to 0 which means "not reported" per the SCSI Block Limits
VPD spec, allowing Windows to use its own optimal I/O size defaults.
Signed-off-by: Max Makarov <maxpain@linux.com>
Message-ID: <20260330193451.76037-1-maxpain@linux.com>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
diff --git a/block/export/vhost-user-blk-server.c b/block/export/vhost-user-blk-server.c
index e89422bb85..67912a3e17 100644
--- a/block/export/vhost-user-blk-server.c
+++ b/block/export/vhost-user-blk-server.c
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ vu_blk_initialize_config(BlockDriverState *bs,
config->blk_size = cpu_to_le32(blk_size);
config->size_max = cpu_to_le32(0);
config->seg_max = cpu_to_le32(128 - 2);
- config->min_io_size = cpu_to_le16(1);
- config->opt_io_size = cpu_to_le32(1);
+ config->min_io_size = cpu_to_le16(0);
+ config->opt_io_size = cpu_to_le32(0);
config->num_queues = cpu_to_le16(num_queues);
config->max_discard_sectors =
cpu_to_le32(VIRTIO_BLK_MAX_DISCARD_SECTORS);