Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:38:14 -0700 | From | Randy Dunlap <> | Subject | Re: fs/bio.c - Hardcoded sector size ? |
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On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:22:38 +0100 Roger Gammans wrote:
> Hi > > In bio_endio() there is the follow line:- > > bio->bi_sector += (bytes_done >> 9); > > and there is a similiar line assuming a 512byte sector in > __bio_add_page() . > > Is this a bug as the the actual block size should be available > from bio->bi_bdev->bd_block_size surely - or is some clever code > where all block devices have to translate back to 512 byte sectors > for bio s.
Does this answer it for you?
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=115542872706154&w=2
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