On Tuesday November 14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tuesday November 14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > this is getting more and more annoying.
> >
> > Somewhere in the stack reiserfs-dm-md-hd[bd] lies the problem that's
> > causing "bio too big device dm-10 (256 > 255)" errors, which cause i/o
> > failures.
> >
> > It works as expected on reiserfs-dm-sda and on ext3-dm-md-hd[bd].
> >
> > Debian Etch, 2.6.17-2.
> >
>
> Please try this patch (I can give more detailed instructions if needed).
>
Of course, that patch didn't even compile :-(
This one does.
NeilBrown
-------------------
Make sure dm honours max_hw_sectors of underlying devices
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
### Diffstat output
./drivers/md/dm-table.c | 7 +++++++
./include/linux/device-mapper.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff .prev/drivers/md/dm-table.c ./drivers/md/dm-table.c
--- .prev/drivers/md/dm-table.c 2006-11-17 16:48:34.000000000 +1100
+++ ./drivers/md/dm-table.c 2006-11-17 16:45:53.000000000 +1100
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ static void combine_restrictions_low(str
lhs->max_segment_size =
min_not_zero(lhs->max_segment_size, rhs->max_segment_size);
+ lhs->max_hw_sectors =
+ min_not_zero(lhs->max_hw_sectors, rhs->max_hw_sectors);
+
lhs->seg_boundary_mask =
min_not_zero(lhs->seg_boundary_mask, rhs->seg_boundary_mask);
@@ -561,6 +564,9 @@ void dm_set_device_limits(struct dm_targ
rs->max_segment_size =
min_not_zero(rs->max_segment_size, q->max_segment_size);
+ rs->max_hw_sectors =
+ min_not_zero(rs->max_hw_sectors, q->max_hw_sectors);
+
rs->seg_boundary_mask =
min_not_zero(rs->seg_boundary_mask,
q->seg_boundary_mask);
@@ -889,6 +895,7 @@ void dm_table_set_restrictions(struct dm
q->max_hw_segments = t->limits.max_hw_segments;
q->hardsect_size = t->limits.hardsect_size;
q->max_segment_size = t->limits.max_segment_size;
+ q->max_hw_sectors = t->limits.max_hw_sectors;
q->seg_boundary_mask = t->limits.seg_boundary_mask;
if (t->limits.no_cluster)
q->queue_flags &= ~(1 << QUEUE_FLAG_CLUSTER);
diff .prev/include/linux/device-mapper.h ./include/linux/device-mapper.h
--- .prev/include/linux/device-mapper.h 2006-11-17 16:48:34.000000000 +1100
+++ ./include/linux/device-mapper.h 2006-11-17 16:48:41.000000000 +1100
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ struct io_restrictions {
unsigned short max_hw_segments;
unsigned short hardsect_size;
unsigned int max_segment_size;
+ unsigned int max_hw_sectors;
unsigned long seg_boundary_mask;
unsigned char no_cluster; /* inverted so that 0 is default */
};
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