On 6/13/23 09:44, Bart Van Assche wrote: > On 6/12/23 15:17, Damien Le Moal wrote: >> On 6/13/23 05:33, Bart Van Assche wrote: >>> @@ -1283,7 +1293,8 @@ static int null_handle_rq(struct nullb_cmd *cmd) >>> >>> spin_lock_irq(&nullb->lock); >>> rq_for_each_segment(bvec, rq, iter) { >>> - len = bvec.bv_len; >>> + len = min(bvec.bv_len, nullb->dev->max_segment_size); >>> + bvec.bv_len = len; >> >> I am still confused by this change... Why is it necessary ? If max_segment_size >> is set correctly, how can we ever get a BIO with a bvec length exceeding that >> maximum ? If that is the case, aren't we missing a bio_split() somewhere ? > > Hi Damien, > > bio_split() enforces the max_sectors limit but not the max_segment_size > limit. __blk_rq_map_sg() enforces the max_segment_size limit. null_blk > does not call __blk_rq_map_sg(). Hence the above code to enforce the > max_segment_size limit. OK. That is where I was confused :) Thanks ! > > Thanks, > > Bart. > -- Damien Le Moal Western Digital Research