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SubjectRe: [PATCH] bio: fix argument of __bio_add_page() for max_sectors > 0xffff
On 11/18/2013 06:11 AM, Akinobu Mita wrote:
> The data type of max_sectors and max_hw_sectors in queue settings are
> unsigned int. But these values are passed to __bio_add_page() as an
> argument whose data type is unsigned short. In the worst case such as
> max_sectors is 0x10000, bio_add_page() can't add a page and IOs can't
> proceed.

Thanks, added. Even at 512b sectors, 0xffff sectors would be a huuuuge
page. So I don't think we'd ever see this bug hit, iirc huge pages are
still broken down for IO. But it's better to be safe...
--
Jens Axboe



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