linux-kernel - Re: dm stripe: Fix bounds

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Date:	Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:19:50 -0400
From:	Phillip Susi <psusi@....rr.com>
To:	mauelshagen@...hat.com
CC:	Alasdair G Kergon <agk@...hat.com>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dm stripe: Fix bounds

Turns out my raid volume's size according to the metadata on disk IS an 
even multiple of the stripe factor, so it looks like this is a bug in 
dmraid, and I have taken the issue to the ataraid mailing list.

Heinz Mauelshagen wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 02:59:45PM +0100, Alasdair G Kergon wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 12:01:21AM -0400, Phillip Susi wrote:
>>> now dmraid fails to configure the dm 
>>> table because this patch rejects it.
>>  
>>> I believe the correct thing to do is to special case the last stripe in 
>>> 0-31    64-67
>>> 32-63   68-71
>>  
>> AFAIK current versions of dmraid handle this correctly - Heinz?
> 
> Yes, that's correct.
> 
>> Alasdair
>> -- 
>> agk@...hat.com
> 

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