>>>>> "Hannes" == Hannes Reinecke <hare@xxxxxxx> writes: Hannes> Well, the primary issue is that 'blk_cloned_rq_check_limits()' Hannes> doesn't check for BLOCK_PC, Yes it does. It calls blk_rq_get_max_sectors() which has an explicit check for this: static inline unsigned int blk_rq_get_max_sectors(struct request *rq) { struct request_queue *q = rq->q; if (unlikely(rq->cmd_type != REQ_TYPE_FS)) return q->limits.max_hw_sectors; [...] Hannes> The max_segments count, OTOH, _might_ change during failover Hannes> (different hardware has different max_segments setting, and this Hannes> is being changed during sg mapping), so there is some value to Hannes> be had from testing it here. Oh, this happens during failover? Are you sure it's not because DM is temporarily resetting the queue limits? max_sectors is going to be a single page in that case. I just discussed a backport regression in this department with Mike at LSF/MM. But that was for an older kernel. Accidentally resetting the limits during table swaps has happened a couple of times over the years. We trip it instantly with the database in failover testing. -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-block" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html