[dm-devel] [PATCH v2] block: do not artificially constrain max_sectors for stacking drivers

Chauhan, Vijay Vijay.Chauhan at netapp.com
Tue Jul 10 19:10:51 UTC 2012


On Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:27 AM, Mike Wrote:
>As it happens, v2's changes to blk_limits_max_hw_sectors and
>blk_queue_max_hw_sectors are not strictly required in order for existing
>stacking drivers to have have an unconstrained max_sectors.  Dropping
>those changes also allows for consistency across both block functions.
>
>So I'd be happy if v1 were to be staged for 3.6.  NetApp: it would be
>great if you could confirm that v1 does in fact address the max_sectors
>issue you reported.
>
>Thanks,
>Mike

Mike, Thanks for the quick fix. I verified with Patch v1 and it resolves this issue.

Thanks,
Vijay




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