NAME¶

blk_stack_limits - adjust queue_limits for stacked devices

SYNOPSIS¶

int blk_stack_limits(struct queue_limits * t, struct queue_limits * b, sector_t start);

ARGUMENTS¶

t

b

start

DESCRIPTION¶

This function is used by stacking drivers like MD and DM to ensure that all component devices have compatible block sizes and alignments. The stacking driver must provide a queue_limits struct (top) and then iteratively call the stacking function for all component (bottom) devices. The stacking function will attempt to combine the values and ensure proper alignment.

Returns 0 if the top and bottom queue_limits are compatible. The top device's block sizes and alignment offsets may be adjusted to ensure alignment with the bottom device. If no compatible sizes and alignments exist, -1 is returned and the resulting top queue_limits will have the misaligned flag set to indicate that the alignment_offset is undefined.

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