linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] block: Force sector and nr_sects to device alignment and granularity.

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Date:	Tue, 11 Mar 2014 11:15:59 -0400
From:	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>
To:	Frank Mayhar <fmayhar@...gle.com>
Cc:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] block:  Force sector and nr_sects to device alignment and granularity.

Frank Mayhar <fmayhar@...gle.com> writes:

> block:  Force sector and nr_sects to device alignment and granularity.
>
> In blkdev_issue_discard(), rather than sending an improperly-
> aligned discard to the device (where it may get an error),
> adjust the start and length to the block device alignment and
> granularity.  Don't fail if this leaves nothing to discard.
>
> Without this change, certain flash drivers can report invalid
> trim parameters (and will fail the command).  Per tytso, "given
> that discards are advisory, any part of the storage stack is
> free to drop discard requests silently."

And how do you get here with misaligned discards?

-Jeff

>
> Signed-off-by: Frank Mayhar <fmayhar@...gle.com>
> Reviewed-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
>
>  block/blk-lib.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/block/blk-lib.c b/block/blk-lib.c
> index 97a733c..a4472cd 100644
> --- a/block/blk-lib.c
> +++ b/block/blk-lib.c
> @@ -61,6 +61,21 @@ int blkdev_issue_discard(struct block_device *bdev,
> sector_t sector,
>  	alignment = (bdev_discard_alignment(bdev) >> 9) % granularity;
>  
>  	/*
> +	 * Force sector and nr_sects to block device alignment and
> +	 * granularity.
> +	 */
> +	if (alignment && (sector % alignment)) {
> +		sector_t adj = alignment - (sector % alignment);
> +
> +		sector += adj;
> +		nr_sects -= adj;
> +	}
> +	if (nr_sects % granularity)
> +		nr_sects -= nr_sects % granularity;
> +	if (!nr_sects)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	/*
>  	 * Ensure that max_discard_sectors is of the proper
>  	 * granularity, so that requests stay aligned after a split.
>  	 */
>
>
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