Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] ata: libata: Improve max sectors quirk handling

[Damien Le Moal <dlemoal@kernel.org>]

On 12/2/25 9:21 PM, Niklas Cassel wrote:
> Hello there,
> 
> a recent change:
> commit 9b8b84879d4a ("block: Increase BLK_DEF_MAX_SECTORS_CAP")
> 
> bumped the default max_sectors_kb from 1280 to 4096.
> 
> It seems like a lot for SATA controllers are buggy and don't really like
> this, see:
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220693
> 
> Therefore, improve the max sectors quirk handling, to only have one max
> sectors quirk, which also takes an additional value.
> 
> This reduces the number of ATA_QUIRK_MAX_SEC_XXX quirks from 3 to 1,
> while also making it easier to quirk additional devices with different
> max sector limits.
> 
> 
> The series is based on libata for-next branch, and the intention is to
> queue this series up for v7.0.
> 
> 
> Changes since v3:
> -Pick up tags from Damien.
> -Fix minor review comments from Damien.

Applied to for-6.20.


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Damien Le Moal
Western Digital Research