linux-kernel - fs/bio.c - Hardcoded sector size ?

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Date:	Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:22:38 +0100
From:	Roger Gammans <roger@...puter-surgery.co.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: fs/bio.c - Hardcoded sector size ?

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.

TTFN
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