[DRBD-user] block drbd0: bio would need to, but cannot, be split error on physical device

[Lars Ellenberg]

On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 07:26:46PM -0800, Vadym Chepkov wrote:
> I never specified any block size or modified any non-default
> parameters during compilation. Should I compile drbd differently and
> include some flags to reduce per bio size?

You did nothing wrong.  It is DRBD that does some stupid things under
certain circumstances, apparently.

> This is from dmesg output
> 
> drbd: initialized. Version: 8.3.5 (api:88/proto:86-91)
> drbd: GIT-hash: ded8cdf09b0efa1460e8ce7a72327c60ff2210fb build by vchepkov at ashlin02, 2009-12-05 19:33:37
> drbd: registered as block device major 147
> drbd: minor_table @ 0xc0000000ea5e7380
> blk_queue_max_segment_size: set to minimum 65536
> block drbd0: Starting worker thread (from cqueue/0 [292])
> block drbd0: disk( Diskless -> Attaching ) 
> block drbd0: No usable activity log found.
> block drbd0: Method to ensure write ordering: barrier
> blk_queue_max_sectors: set to minimum 128
> blk_queue_max_segment_size: set to minimum 65536
> block drbd0: max_segment_size ( = BIO size ) = 65536

uh.
I'd like to know your exact kernel version.
If not a "standard" kernel, I'd need your kernel config.

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