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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 20:33:51 +0000
From: Keith Busch <keith.busch@intel.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] block: fix bio splitting on max sectors
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On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 12:22:18PM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> On Jan 22, 2016 12:11 PM, "Keith Busch" <keith.busch@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > The value of max_sectors doesn't change in this function
> 
> Why do you say that? It depends on the offset, so it clearly *does* change.

The only "offset" used is the bio's start sector, which doesn't change.