Re: [PATCH] block: fix setting of max_segment_size and seg_boundary mask

From: Alasdair G Kergon
Date: Wed Dec 03 2008 - 07:06:43 EST


On Wed, Dec 03, 2008 at 02:32:00PM +0900, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
> On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:42:09 +0100
> Milan Broz <mbroz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > @@ -314,6 +317,7 @@ void blk_queue_stack_limits(struct request_queue *t, struct request_queue *b)
> > /* zero is "infinity" */
> > t->max_sectors = min_not_zero(t->max_sectors, b->max_sectors);
> > t->max_hw_sectors = min_not_zero(t->max_hw_sectors, b->max_hw_sectors);
> > + t->seg_boundary_mask = min_not_zero(t->seg_boundary_mask, b->seg_boundary_mask);
> >
> > t->max_phys_segments = min(t->max_phys_segments, b->max_phys_segments);
> > t->max_hw_segments = min(t->max_hw_segments, b->max_hw_segments);

> Theoretically, blk_queue_stack_limits() better use min_not_zero
> instead of min for max_phys_segments, max_hw_segments, and
> max_segment_size?

But does zero have any valid use there?
We left those alone for now, feeling that BUG_ON() might be more appropriate.

Alasdair
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