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bcache: pr_err: more meaningful error message when nr_stripes is invalid 

The original error was thought to be corruption, but was actually caused by:
	make-bcache --data-offset N
where N was in bytes and should have been in sectors.  While userspace
tools should be updated to check --data-offset beyond end of volume,
hopefully this will help others that might not have noticed the units.

Signed-off-by: Eric Wheeler <bcache@linux.ewheeler.net>
Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@gmail.com>
hifive-unleashed-5.1
Eric Wheeler 2016-08-18 20:15:26 -07:00
parent acc9cf8c66
commit 90706094d5
1 changed files with 2 additions and 1 deletions
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@ -760,7 +760,8 @@ static int bcache_device_init(struct bcache_device *d, unsigned block_size,
if (!d->nr_stripes ||
d->nr_stripes > INT_MAX ||
d->nr_stripes > SIZE_MAX / sizeof(atomic_t)) {
pr_err("nr_stripes too large");
pr_err("nr_stripes too large or invalid: %u (start sector beyond end of disk?)",
(unsigned)d->nr_stripes);
return -ENOMEM;
}