Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:32:35 +0100 | From | Jens Axboe <> | Subject | Re: dm: bio split bvec fix |
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On Mon, Mar 20 2006, Alasdair G Kergon wrote: > The code that handles bios that span table target boundaries by breaking > them up into smaller bios will not split an individual struct bio_vec > into more than two pieces. Sometimes more than that are required. > > This patch adds a loop to break the second piece up into as many > pieces as are necessary.
Why isn't this just handled in the merge callback? Can a single page bio span > 2 targets?
-- Jens Axboe
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