dm snapshot: allow chunk size to be less than page size
Allow the snapshot chunk size to be smaller than the page size
The code is now capable of handling this due to some previous
fixes and enhancements.
As the page size varies between computers, prior to this patch,
the chunk size of a snapshot dictated which machines could read it:
Snapshots created on one machine might not be readable on another.
Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c b/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
index 932d1b1..7dbe652 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-exception-store.c
@@ -138,16 +138,6 @@
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(dm_exception_store_type_unregister);
-/*
- * Round a number up to the nearest 'size' boundary. size must
- * be a power of 2.
- */
-static ulong round_up(ulong n, ulong size)
-{
- size--;
- return (n + size) & ~size;
-}
-
static int set_chunk_size(struct dm_exception_store *store,
const char *chunk_size_arg, char **error)
{
@@ -166,12 +156,6 @@
return 0;
}
- /*
- * Chunk size must be multiple of page size. Silently
- * round up if it's not.
- */
- chunk_size_ulong = round_up(chunk_size_ulong, PAGE_SIZE >> 9);
-
return dm_exception_store_set_chunk_size(store,
(unsigned) chunk_size_ulong,
error);
