[dm-devel] [PATCH] 2.5: dm-table.c: Another fix for the __LOW macro

[Kevin Corry]

Another fix for the __LOW macro.

When dm_table and dm_target structures are initialized, the "limits" fields 
(struct io_restrictions) are initialized to zero (e.g. in dm_table_add_target()
in dm-table.c). However, zero is not a useable value in these fields. The
request queue will never let an I/O through, regardless of how small it might
be, if max_sectors is set to zero (see generic_make_request in ll_rw_blk.c).
This change to the __LOW() macro sets these fields correctly when they are
first initialized.

--- linux-2.5.59a/drivers/md/dm-table.c	2003/01/10 21:34:54
+++ linux-2.5.59b/drivers/md/dm-table.c	2003/02/04 22:14:26
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 }
 
 #define __HIGH(l, r) if (*(l) < (r)) *(l) = (r)
-#define __LOW(l, r) if (*(l) > (r)) *(l) = (r)
+#define __LOW(l, r) if (*(l) == 0 || *(l) > (r)) *(l) = (r)
 
 /*
  * Combine two io_restrictions, always taking the lower value.