2013/4/23, Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 01:40:02AM +0900, Namjae Jeon wrote: >> From: Namjae Jeon <namjae.jeon@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> linux-v3.8-rc1 and later support for plug for blkdev_issue_discard with >> commit 0cfbcafcae8b7364b5fa96c2b26ccde7a3a296a9 >> (block: add plug for blkdev_issue_discard ) >> >> For example, >> 1) DISCARD rq-1 with size size 4GB >> 2) DISCARD rq-2 with size size 1GB >> >> If these 2 discard requests get merged, final request size will be 5GB. >> >> In this case, request's __data_len field may overflow as it can store >> max 4GB(unsigned int). > > Complete NACK - like James said, this fix is nonsensical. This should be > fixed by just checking for overflow before merging requests, not with > weird hacks in the drivers. that agree to your opinion, and will change at only appropriate place(James'change) and will send the updated patch soon. Thanks. > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-mmc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
