SCSI layer will add new payload for discard request. If two bios are merged to one, the second bio has bi_vcnt 1 which is set in raid5. This will confuse SCSI and cause oops. Suite for backport to 3.7+ Reported-by: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/raid5.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) Index: linux/drivers/md/raid5.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/drivers/md/raid5.c 2013-10-19 14:10:22.392044663 +0800 +++ linux/drivers/md/raid5.c 2013-10-19 14:10:22.388044717 +0800 @@ -877,6 +877,12 @@ static void ops_run_io(struct stripe_hea bi->bi_io_vec[0].bv_len = STRIPE_SIZE; bi->bi_io_vec[0].bv_offset = 0; bi->bi_size = STRIPE_SIZE; + /* + * If this is discard request, set bi_vcnt 0. We don't + * want to confuse SCSI because SCSI will replace payload + */ + if (rw & REQ_DISCARD) + bi->bi_vcnt = 0; if (rrdev) set_bit(R5_DOUBLE_LOCKED, &sh->dev[i].flags); @@ -915,6 +921,12 @@ static void ops_run_io(struct stripe_hea rbi->bi_io_vec[0].bv_len = STRIPE_SIZE; rbi->bi_io_vec[0].bv_offset = 0; rbi->bi_size = STRIPE_SIZE; + /* + * If this is discard request, set bi_vcnt 0. We don't + * want to confuse SCSI because SCSI will replace payload + */ + if (rw & REQ_DISCARD) + rbi->bi_vcnt = 0; if (conf->mddev->gendisk) trace_block_bio_remap(bdev_get_queue(rbi->bi_bdev), rbi, disk_devt(conf->mddev->gendisk), -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html