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The atomic write unit max value is limited by any stacked device stripe size. It is required that the atomic write unit is a power-of-2 factor of the stripe size. Currently we use io_min limit to hold the stripe size, and check for a io_min <= SECTOR_SIZE when deciding if we have a striped stacked device. Nilay reports that this causes a problem when the physical block size is greater than SECTOR_SIZE [0]. Furthermore, io_min may be mutated when stacking devices, and this makes it a poor candidate to hold the stripe size. Such an example (of when io_min may change) would be when the io_min is less than the physical block size. Use chunk_sectors to hold the stripe size, which is more appropriate. [0] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/888f3b1d-7817-4007-b3b3-1a2ea04df771@linux.ibm.com/T/#mecca17129f72811137d3c2f1e477634e77f06781 Reviewed-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com> Tested-by: Nilay Shroff <nilay@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250711105258.3135198-7-john.g.garry@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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