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    [PATCH] block: kill length alignment test in bio_map_user() · ad2d7225
    Mike Christie authored
    The target mode support is mapping in bios using bio_map_user. The
    current targets do not need their len to be aligned with a queue limit
    so this check is causing some problems. Note: pointers passed into the
    kernel are properly aligned by usersapace tgt code so the uaddr check
    in bio_map_user is ok.
    
    The major user, blk_bio_map_user checks for the len before mapping
    so it is not affected by this patch.
    
    And the semi-newly added user blk_rq_map_user_iov has been failing
    out when the len is not aligned properly so maybe people have been
    good and not sending misaligned lens or that path is not used very
    often and this change will not be very dangerous. st and sg do not
    check the length and we have not seen any problem reports from those
    wider used paths so this patch should be fairly safe - for mm
    and wider testing at least.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarMike Christie <michaelc@cs.wisc.edu>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarFUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@lab.ntt.co.jp>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJames Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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