Re: [PATCH v14 1/5] lightnvm: Support for Open-Channel SSDs

From: Geert Uytterhoeven
Date: Wed Nov 11 2015 - 17:46:19 EST


On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 7:54 PM, Matias BjÃrling <m@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> +struct nvm_dev_ops {

[...]

> + uint8_t max_phys_sect;
> +};

> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/drivers/lightnvm/core.c

> +int nvm_register(struct request_queue *q, char *disk_name,
> + struct nvm_dev_ops *ops)
> +{

[...]

> + } else if (dev->ops->max_phys_sect > 256) {

drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/i2c.c:52: warning: comparison is always false due
to limited range of data type

Indeed, max_phys_sect is "uint8_t", so its maximum value is 255.

> + pr_info("nvm: max sectors supported is 256.\n");

Hence this message is not correct. What's the intended maximum value?
255 or 256?

> + return -EINVAL;
> + }

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

Geert

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