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Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH for-2.6.37] block: max hardware sectors limit wrapper
- From: "Martin K. Petersen" <martin petersen oracle com>
- To: Jens Axboe <jaxboe fusionio com>
- Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer redhat com>, linux-kernel vger kernel org, device-mapper development <dm-devel redhat com>, Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka redhat com>, Lars Ellenberg <lars ellenberg linbit com>, stable kernel org, Alasdair G Kergon <agk redhat com>
- Subject: Re: [dm-devel] [PATCH for-2.6.37] block: max hardware sectors limit wrapper
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:49:18 -0500
>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Snitzer <snitzer redhat com> writes:
Mike> Implement blk_limits_max_hw_sectors() and make
Mike> blk_queue_max_hw_sectors() a wrapper around it.
Mike> DM needs this to avoid setting queue_limits' max_hw_sectors and
Mike> max_sectors directly. dm_set_device_limits() now leverages
Mike> blk_limits_max_hw_sectors() logic to establish the appropriate
Mike> max_hw_sectors minimum (PAGE_SIZE). Fixes issue where DM was
Mike> incorrectly setting max_sectors rather than max_hw_sectors (which
Mike> caused dm_merge_bvec()'s max_hw_sectors check to be ineffective).
Acked-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin petersen oracle com>
Jens, please apply.
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Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering
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