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Subject: [linux-lvm] lvchange -r 256 lv-name does not work
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Date: Thu Nov 27 07:48:05 2003
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Hi , i came across a problem with lvchange command.

I have a VG with 3 pv and a lv created using command 

lvcreate -i3 -I32 -l98 -nmy_lv my_vg
lvdisplay shows 1024 as the value for Read Ahead Sectors.

When i use the command lvchange to change the value of read ahead
sector with value more that or equal to 256 i get following error..

linux# lvchange -r 340 /dev/my_vg/my_lv
lvchange -- ERROR "Invalid Argument" read ahead sector change
linux#
linux#

After debugging i found that in drivers/block/blkpg.c file blk_ioctl( )

Case BLKRASET :

	if (arg > 0xff )
		return -EINVAL;

Effectively this does not allow value greater that 255 for read ahead.
Is there a limitation that the read ahead sectors can't have value more
than 255 ? If yes then why lvdisplay shows 1024 as the default value for
read ahead sectors.

Thanks
-Sachin