Re: [PATCH v4 5/5] libata-scsi: Cap ata_device->max_sectors according to shost->max_sectors

From: Damien Le Moal
Date: Tue Jun 28 2022 - 05:14:41 EST


On 6/28/22 16:54, John Garry wrote:
> On 28/06/2022 00:24, Damien Le Moal wrote:
>> On 6/28/22 00:25, John Garry wrote:
>>> ATA devices (struct ata_device) have a max_sectors field which is
>>> configured internally in libata. This is then used to (re)configure the
>>> associated sdev request queue max_sectors value from how it is earlier set
>>> in __scsi_init_queue(). In __scsi_init_queue() the max_sectors value is set
>>> according to shost limits, which includes host DMA mapping limits.
>>>
>>> Cap the ata_device max_sectors according to shost->max_sectors to respect
>>> this shost limit.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: John Garry<john.garry@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Acked-by: Damien Le Moal<damien.lemoal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Nit: please change the patch title to "ata: libata-scsi: Cap ..."
>>
>
> ok, but it's going to be an even longer title :)
>
> BTW, this patch has no real dependency on the rest of the series, so
> could be taken separately if you prefer.

Sure, you can send it separately. Adding it through the scsi tree is fine too.

>
> Thanks,
> John


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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research