Virtualization - Feb 2022 - [PATCH] virtio-blk: Check the max discard segment for discard request

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022 at 09:36:27PM +0800, Xie Yongji
wrote:
> Currently we have a BUG_ON() to make sure the number of sg list
> does not exceed queue_max_segments() in virtio_queue_rq().
> However, the block layer uses queue_max_discard_segments()
> instead of queue_max_segments() to limit the sg list for
> discard requests. So the BUG_ON() might be triggered if
> virtio-blk device reports a larger value for max discard
> segment than queue_max_segments(). To fix it, this patch
> checks the max discard segment for the discard request
> in the BUG_ON() instead.
This looks god, but jut removing the BUG_ON might be even better.