Hello,

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 12:47:06PM +0800, tom.t...@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Tom Yan <tom.t...@gmail.com>
> 
> ATA_MAX_SECTORS_LBA48 is only used for setting the queue limit
> "max_hw_sectors", which only serves as the cap for "max_sectors",
> which is in turn the actual limit being used. Therefore, it should

It's used to device max_sectors.

> be alright for us to bump ATA_MAX_SECTORS_LBA48 to 65536. Also,
> lba_48_ok() has been accepting the number of blocks to be 65536.

This is way too gratuitous.  There's no rationale for it while it has
actual real-world risks.  max_sectors is staying at 65535.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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