On 05/11/2012 03:49 PM, Bernd Schubert wrote: > The number of bio_get_nr_vecs() is passed down via bio_alloc() to > bvec_alloc_bs(), which fails the bio allocation if > nr_iovecs > BIO_MAX_PAGES. For the underlying caller this causes an > unexpected bio allocation failure. > Limiting to queue_max_segments() is not sufficient, as max_segments > also might be very large. > > bvec_alloc_bs(gfp_mask, nr_iovecs, ) => NULL when nr_iovecs > BIO_MAX_PAGES > bio_alloc_bioset(gfp_mask, nr_iovecs, ...) > bio_alloc(GFP_NOIO, nvecs) > xfs_alloc_ioend_bio() Thanks, looks sane. Applied. -- Jens Axboe -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
