From 90706094d5be614ae7285b3c96c3125bb198618c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Wheeler Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 20:15:26 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] 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 Cc: Kent Overstreet --- drivers/md/bcache/super.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c index 6b93e1b77767..849ad441cd76 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c @@ -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; } -- 2.20.1