Re: fs/bio.c - Hardcoded sector size ?

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On Thu, 28 Sep 2006 19:22:38 +0100 Roger Gammans wrote:

> Hi
> 
> In bio_endio()  there is the follow line:- 
> 
> 	bio->bi_sector += (bytes_done >> 9);
> 
> and there is a similiar line assuming a 512byte sector in 
> __bio_add_page() .
> 
> Is this a bug as the the actual  block size  should be available
> from bio->bi_bdev->bd_block_size surely - or is some clever code
> where all block devices have to translate back to 512 byte sectors
> for bio s.

Does this answer it for you?

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=115542872706154&w=2

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~Randy
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