Bug 185991 - kernel dm: bio split bvec fix
Summary: kernel dm: bio split bvec fix
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification: Red Hat
Component: kernel
Version: 4.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
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Assignee: Alasdair Kergon
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks: 181409
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-03-20 19:25 UTC by Alasdair Kergon
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:07 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: RHSA-2006-0575
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2006-08-10 22:49:09 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2006:0575 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Updated kernel packages available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 2006-08-10 04:00:00 UTC

Description Alasdair Kergon 2006-03-20 19:25:12 UTC
The code that handles bios that span table target boundaries by breaking
them up into smaller bios will not split an individual struct bio_vec
into more than two pieces.  Sometimes more than that are required.
 
This patch adds a loop to break the second piece up into as many
pieces as are necessary.

Comment 1 Jason Baron 2006-03-28 18:03:07 UTC
committed in stream u4 build 34.9. A test kernel with this patch is available
from http://people.redhat.com/~jbaron/rhel4/


Comment 5 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-08-10 22:49:14 UTC
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0575.html



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