The data type of max_sectors and max_hw_sectors in queue settings are
unsigned int. But these values are passed to __bio_add_page() as an
argument whose data type is unsigned short. In the worst case such as
max_sectors is 0x10000, bio_add_page() can't add a page and IOs can't
proceed.
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
static int __bio_add_page(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio, struct page
*page, unsigned int len, unsigned int offset,
- unsigned short max_sectors)
+ unsigned int max_sectors)
{
int retried_segments = 0;
struct bio_vec *bvec;