[PATCH 4/4] Limit max_discard_sectors to UINT_MAX>>9

Gwendal Grignou gwendal at chromium.org
Tue Mar 25 19:48:26 EDT 2014


max_discard_sectors can not be larger than UINT_MAX>>9,
otherwise, there is a risk that discard requests would be merged
into a request larger than 4GB.

Signed-off-by: Gwendal Grignou <gwendal at chromium.org>
---
 drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index 5073cbc..e74090c 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ int add_mtd_blktrans_dev(struct mtd_blktrans_dev *new)
 
 	if (tr->discard) {
 		queue_flag_set_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD, new->rq);
-		new->rq->limits.max_discard_sectors = UINT_MAX;
+		new->rq->limits.max_discard_sectors = UINT_MAX >> 9;
 	}
 
 	gd->queue = new->rq;
-- 
1.9.1.423.g4596e3a




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