[dm-devel] [PATCH] dm table: pass device's data start to blk_stack_limits() in bytes

Mike Snitzer snitzer at redhat.com
Thu Jun 25 19:31:10 UTC 2009


The offset passed to blk_stack_limits() must be in bytes not sectors.
Fixes false warnings like the following:
device-mapper: table: 254:1: target device sda6 is misaligned

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer at redhat.com>
Reported-by: Frans Pop <elendil at planet.nl>
Tested-by: Frans Pop <elendil at planet.nl>

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Index: linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-table.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ int dm_set_device_limits(struct dm_targe
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (blk_stack_limits(limits, &q->limits, start) < 0)
+	if (blk_stack_limits(limits, &q->limits, start << 9) < 0)
 		DMWARN("%s: target device %s is misaligned",
 		       dm_device_name(ti->table->md), bdevname(bdev, b));
 




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