[Drbd-dev] [PATCH 11/30] drbd: when receiving P_TRIM, zero-out partial unaligned chunks

[Lars Ellenberg]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 02:07:38PM +0200, Philipp Reisner wrote:
> +	max_discard_sectors = min(q->limits.max_discard_sectors, (1U << 22));
> +	max_discard_sectors -= max_discard_sectors % granularity;

^^^^ there

On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:32:17PM +0200, Lars Ellenberg wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 09:37:28AM -0700, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> > On 04/25/2016 05:13 AM, Philipp Reisner wrote:
> > >+	while (nr_sectors >= granularity) {
> > >+		nr = min_t(sector_t, nr_sectors, max_discard_sectors);
> > >+		err |= blkdev_issue_discard(bdev, start, nr, GFP_NOIO, 0);
> > >+		nr_sectors -= nr;
> > >+		start += nr;
> > >+	}
> > 
> > Hello Phil,
> > 
> > In blk_bio_discard_split() the following statement protects against
> > block drivers for which max_discard_sectors is not a multiple of the
> > discard granularity:
> > 
> > 	max_discard_sectors -= max_discard_sectors % granularity;
> > 
> > Do we need something similar in the above loop?
> 
> Right. Did not realize that was "legal".

Wait. We already have that. see above.

    Lars