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    [PATCH] md: fix various bugs with aligned reads in RAID5 · 387bb173
    Neil Brown authored
    It is possible for raid5 to be sent a bio that is too big for an underlying
    device.  So if it is a READ that we pass stright down to a device, it will
    fail and confuse RAID5.
    
    So in 'chunk_aligned_read' we check that the bio fits within the parameters
    for the target device and if it doesn't fit, fall back on reading through
    the stripe cache and making lots of one-page requests.
    
    Note that this is the earliest time we can check against the device because
    earlier we don't have a lock on the device, so it could change underneath
    us.
    
    Also, the code for handling a retry through the cache when a read fails has
    not been tested and was badly broken.  This patch fixes that code.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
    Cc: "Kai" <epimetreus@fastmail.fm>
    Cc: <stable@suse.de>
    Cc: <org@suse.de>
    Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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