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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/4] block: fix bio_will_gap()
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> Hi,
>
> After bio splitting is introduced, the splitted bio can be fast-cloned,
> which is correct because biovecs has become immutable since v3.13.
>
> Unfortunately bio_will_gap() isn't ready for this kind of change,
> because it figures out the last bvec via 'bi_io_vec[prev->bi_vcnt - 1]'
> directly.
>
> It is observed that lots of BIOs are merges even the virt boundary
> limit is violated, and the issue is reported from Sagi Grimberg.

This set makes the virt_boundary violation go away...

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