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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:29:29 +0000 From: James Bottomley <jbottomley@...allels.com> To: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> CC: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@...il.com>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@...sung.com>, "stable@...r.kernel.org" <stable@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: fix max discard sectors limit On Wed, 2013-04-24 at 08:23 -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: > On Wed, Apr 24 2013, Namjae Jeon wrote: > > From: James Bottomley <JBottomley@...allels.com> > > > > linux-v3.8-rc1 and later support for plug for blkdev_issue_discard with > > commit 0cfbcafcae8b7364b5fa96c2b26ccde7a3a296a9 > > (block: add plug for blkdev_issue_discard ) > > > > For example, > > 1) DISCARD rq-1 with size size 4GB > > 2) DISCARD rq-2 with size size 1GB > > > > If these 2 discard requests get merged, final request size will be 5GB. > > > > In this case, request's __data_len field may overflow as it can store > > max 4GB(unsigned int). > > > > This issue was observed while doing mkfs.f2fs on 5GB SD card: > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/4/1/292 > > > > Info: sector size = 512 > > Info: total sectors = 11370496 (in 512bytes) > > Info: zone aligned segment0 blkaddr: 512 > > [ 257.789764] blk_update_request: bio idx 0 >= vcnt 0 > > > > mkfs process gets stuck in D state and I see the following in the dmesg: > > > > [ 257.789733] __end_that: dev mmcblk0: type=1, flags=122c8081 > > [ 257.789764] sector 4194304, nr/cnr 2981888/4294959104 > > [ 257.789764] bio df3840c0, biotail df3848c0, buffer (null), len > > 1526726656 > > [ 257.789764] blk_update_request: bio idx 0 >= vcnt 0 > > [ 257.794921] request botched: dev mmcblk0: type=1, flags=122c8081 > > [ 257.794921] sector 4194304, nr/cnr 2981888/4294959104 > > [ 257.794921] bio df3840c0, biotail df3848c0, buffer (null), len > > 1526726656 > > > > This patch fixes this issue. > > > > Reported-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com> > > Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@...sung.com> > > Signed-off-by: James Bottomley <JBottomley@...allels.com> > > Tested-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com> > > Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org> > > Thanks! One minor nit - I don't think James signed off on the patch when > he sent it in. James? I didn't, but silence is really acquiescence in this game. However, now you have my positive confirmation that I'm good with the signoff. James -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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