Merge tag 'spi-v3.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/broonie/spi

[firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git] / block / blk-settings.c

diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index a2b9cb195e70ed856eb6bd67fff2f13d847bb787..f1a1795a56836be34f672817fe1007572b4d56af 100644 (file)
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -285,7 +285,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(blk_queue_max_hw_sectors);
  * Description:
  *    If a driver doesn't want IOs to cross a given chunk size, it can set
  *    this limit and prevent merging across chunks. Note that the chunk size
- *    must currently be a power-of-2 in sectors.
+ *    must currently be a power-of-2 in sectors. Also note that the block
+ *    layer must accept a page worth of data at any offset. So if the
+ *    crossing of chunks is a hard limitation in the driver, it must still be
+ *    prepared to split single page bios.
  **/
 void blk_queue_chunk_sectors(struct request_queue *q, unsigned int chunk_sectors)
 {