Re: scsi_debug, iosize optimal < minimum (was: test sfdisk, optimal_iosize)

[Ruediger Meier <sweet_f_a@gmx.de>]

Hi,

I've noticed a possible problem with scsi_debug devices where
optimal_io_size < minimum_io_size.

The problem seems reproducable with kernel 4.4.0 and also with
stable version 4.1.15. For stable tree the last known working
version is 4.1.13.

How to reproduce:

uname -mr
modprobe -r scsi_debug 
modprobe scsi_debug dev_size_mb=100 sector_size=512
udevadm settle
devname=$(grep --with-filename scsi_debug /sys/block/*/device/model | awk -F '/' '{print $4}')
cat /sys/block/$devname/queue/{minimum_io_size,optimal_io_size}
modprobe -r scsi_debug


## output kernel 4.1.13 (openSUSE Leap):
4.1.13-5-default x86_64
512
32768


## output kernel 4.1.15 (openSUSE Leap):
4.1.15-8-default x86_64
512
64

cu,
Rudi