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authorNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>2006-05-15 04:21:33 +0000
committerNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>2006-05-15 04:21:33 +0000
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Limit size of bitmap to 2million chunks.
When creating a file bitmap, choose a default size that results in fewer than 2^21 chunks. Without this kmalloc failure in the kernel becomes likely. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
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@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ Changes Prior to this release
DegradedArray) generates an Email.
- Assume "DEVICE partitions" if no DEVICE line is given.
- Support new 'offset' layout for raid10.
+ - When creating a bitmap file, choose a chunksize to limit number
+ of bitmap chunks to 2 million. More than this can cause kmalloc
+ failure.
Changes Prior to 2.4.1 release
- Honour --write-mostly when adding to an array without persistent