linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9] bio: limit bio max size

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Message-ID: <72a0b4e7-a374-97fb-ae73-ed24f719da98@acm.org>
Date:   Mon, 3 May 2021 07:54:33 -0700
From:   Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>
To:     Changheun Lee <nanich.lee@...sung.com>, axboe@...nel.dk,
        yi.zhang@...hat.com, ming.lei@...hat.com, bgoncalv@...hat.com,
        hch@....de, jaegeuk@...nel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, patchwork-bot@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9] bio: limit bio max size

On 5/3/21 2:52 AM, Changheun Lee wrote:
>  struct queue_limits {
> +	unsigned int		bio_max_bytes;
> +
>  	enum blk_bounce		bounce;
>  	unsigned long		seg_boundary_mask;
>  	unsigned long		virt_boundary_mask;

On April 23 Damien Le Moal posted the following comment about the
bio_max_bytes member: "Please move this below in the structure together
with all other fields that are unsigned int too." Making that change
sounds like a good idea to me.

Thanks,

Bart.