On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 12:48:59PM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 04:24:58PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > > On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 10:51:17PM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote: > > > Otherwise, blk_validate_limits() will throw-away the max_sectors that > > > was stacked from underlying device(s). In doing so it can set a > > > max_sectors limit that violates underlying device limits. > > > > Hmm, yes it sort of is "throwing the limit away", but it really > > recalculates it from max_hw_sectors, max_dev_sectors and user_max_sectors. > > Yes, but it needs to do that recalculation at each level of a stacked > device. And then we need to combine them via blk_stack_limits() -- as > is done with the various limits stacking loops in > drivers/md/dm-table.c:dm_calculate_queue_limits
This way looks one stacking specific requirement, just wondering why not put the logic into blk_validate_limits() by passing 'stacking' parameter? Then raid can benefit from it oo. thanks, Ming
