Re: [PATCH v4 6/7] dm: Directly disable max_allocate_sectors for now

[Mike Snitzer]

On Tue, Jan 21 2020 at  5:42am -0500,
Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Since dm inherits limits from underlining block devices,
> this patch directly disables max_allocate_sectors for dm
> till full allocation support is implemented.
> 
> This prevents high-level primitives (generic_make_request_checks(),
> __blkdev_issue_write_zeroes(), ...) from sending REQ_ALLOCATE
> requests.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kirill Tkhai <ktkhai@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/md/dm-table.c |    2 ++
>  drivers/md/md.h       |    1 +
>  2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)

You're mixing DM and MD changes in the same patch.

But I'm wondering if it might be best to set this default for stacking
devices in blk_set_stacking_limits()?

And then it is up to each stacking driver to override as needed.

Mike