Re: 64-bit block sizes on 32-bit systems

Matthew Wilcox
2001-03-26T18:09:13Z

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 08:01:21PM +0200, Manfred Spraul wrote:
> drivers/block/ll_rw_blk.c, in submit_bh()
> > bh->b_rsector = bh->b_blocknr * (bh->b_size >> 9);
>
> But it shouldn't cause data corruptions:
> It was discussed a few months ago, and iirc LVM refuses to create too
> large volumes.

Ah yes, I'd forgotten the block layer still works in terms of 512-byte blocks.

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