Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 0/4] introduce max_transfer_length

[ronnie sahlberg]

Looks good to me.

(minor question is just why not let default max be 0xffff for both 10
and 16 CDBs ?)

On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Peter Lieven <address@hidden> wrote:
> This series adds the basics for introducing a maximum transfer length
> to the block layer. Its main purpose is currently avoiding that
> a multiwrite_merge exceeds the max_xfer_len of an attached iSCSI LUN.
> This is a required bug fix.
>
> Discussed reporting of this maximum in the SCSI Disk Inquiry Emulation
> of the Block Limits VPD is currently not added as we do not import any
> of the other limits there. This has to be addresses in a seperate series.
>
> Peter Lieven (4):
>   BlockLimits: introduce max_transfer_length
>   block: immediate cancel oversized read/write requests
>   block/iscsi: set max_transfer_length
>   block: avoid creating oversized writes in multiwrite_merge
>
>  block.c                   |   23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>  block/iscsi.c             |   12 ++++++++++--
>  include/block/block_int.h |    3 +++
>  3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>