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From: Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@linux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] brd: Request from fdisk 4k alignment
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:35:51 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <53E21317.7080403@plexistor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53E21125.9080308@plexistor.com>


Because of the direct_access() API which returns a PFN. partitions
better start on 4K boundary, else offset ZERO of a partition will
not be aligned and blk_direct_access() will fail the call.

By setting blk_queue_physical_block_size(PAGE_SIZE) we can communicate
this to fdisk and friends.
Note that blk_queue_physical_block_size() also trashes io_min, but
we can leave this one to be 512.

Signed-off-by: Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com>
---
 drivers/block/brd.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
index 9673704..514cfe1 100644
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -495,10 +495,17 @@ static struct brd_device *brd_alloc(int i)
 	brd->brd_queue = blk_alloc_queue(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!brd->brd_queue)
 		goto out_free_dev;
+
 	blk_queue_make_request(brd->brd_queue, brd_make_request);
 	blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(brd->brd_queue, 1024);
 	blk_queue_bounce_limit(brd->brd_queue, BLK_BOUNCE_ANY);
 
+	/* This is so fdisk will align partitions on 4k, because of
+	 * direct_access API needing 4k alignment, returning a PFN
+	 */
+	blk_queue_physical_block_size(brd->brd_queue, PAGE_SIZE);
+	brd->brd_queue->limits.io_min = 512; /* Don't use the accessor */
+
 	brd->brd_queue->limits.discard_granularity = PAGE_SIZE;
 	brd->brd_queue->limits.max_discard_sectors = UINT_MAX;
 	brd->brd_queue->limits.discard_zeroes_data = 1;
-- 
1.9.3



  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-08-06 11:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-08-06 11:27 [PATCHSET 0/4] brd: partition fixes Boaz Harrosh
2014-08-06 11:29 ` [PATCH 1/4] Change direct_access calling convention Boaz Harrosh
2014-08-06 11:30 ` [PATCH 2/4] brd: Add getgeo to block ops Boaz Harrosh
2014-08-06 17:52   ` Ross Zwisler
2014-08-07  9:20     ` Boaz Harrosh
2014-08-07 14:03   ` [PATCH 2/4 v2] " Boaz Harrosh
2014-08-07 18:20     ` One Thousand Gnomes
2014-08-08  6:52       ` Boaz Harrosh
2014-08-08  6:58         ` Davidlohr Bueso
2014-08-06 11:33 ` [PATCH 3/4] brd: Fix all partitions BUGs Boaz Harrosh
2014-08-06 23:06   ` Ross Zwisler
2014-08-07  9:11     ` Boaz Harrosh
2014-08-07 18:50       ` Ross Zwisler
2014-08-07 18:53   ` Ross Zwisler
2014-08-06 11:35 ` Boaz Harrosh [this message]
2014-08-06 22:03   ` [PATCH 4/4] brd: Request from fdisk 4k alignment Ross Zwisler
2014-08-07 12:17     ` Boaz Harrosh
2014-08-07 13:00       ` Karel Zak
2014-08-07 13:51         ` Karel Zak
2014-08-07 13:57         ` Boaz Harrosh
2014-08-07 15:21           ` Karel Zak
2014-08-07 15:40             ` Boaz Harrosh

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