linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] Regression introduced with "block: split bios to max possible length"

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jan 2016 09:03:12 -0800
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com>
Cc:	Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
	Stefan Haberland <sth@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-s390 <linux-s390@...r.kernel.org>,
	Sebastian Ott <sebott@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [BUG] Regression introduced with "block: split bios to max
 possible length"

On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 7:06 AM, Ming Lei <tom.leiming@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, it is one problem, something like below does fix my test
> with 4K block size.

It just doesn't look very legible.

Also, how could this

> -                       goto split;
> +                       if (sectors)
> +                               goto split;

ever matter? If sectors is 0, something is seriously wrong afaik.

              Linus