Re: [PATCH] raid1: ensure bio doesn't have more than BIO_MAX_VECS sectors

On Sat, Aug 14, 2021 at 04:57:06PM +0800, Ming Lei wrote:

quoted

+	if (bitmap)
+		max_sectors = min_t(int, max_sectors, BIO_MAX_VECS * PAGE_SIZE);

s/PAGE_SIZE/PAGE_SECTORS

Yeah, max_sectors is in size units, I messed that up.

quoted

+
 	if (max_sectors < bio_sectors(bio)) {
 		struct bio *split = bio_split(bio, max_sectors,
 					      GFP_NOIO, &conf->bio_split);

Here the limit is max single-page vectors, and the above way may not work,
such as:

0 ~ 254: each bvec's length is 512
255: bvec's length is 8192

the total length is just 512*255 + 8192 = 138752 bytes = 271 sectors, but it
still may need 257 bvecs, which can't be allocated via bio_alloc_bioset().

Yes, we still need the rounding magic that alloc_behind_master_bio uses
here.

One solution is to add queue limit of max_single_page_bvec, and let
blk_queue_split() handle it.

I'd rather not bloat the core with this.