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raid5: allow arbitrary max_hw_sectors

raid5 will split bio to proper size internally, there is no point to use
underlayer disk's max_hw_sectors. In my qemu system, without the change,
the raid5 only receives 128k size bio, which reduces the chance of bio
merge sending to underlayer disks.

Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com>
Shaohua Li 9 years ago
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      drivers/md/raid5.c

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drivers/md/raid5.c

@@ -7066,6 +7066,8 @@ static int raid5_run(struct mddev *mddev)
 		else
 			queue_flag_clear_unlocked(QUEUE_FLAG_DISCARD,
 						mddev->queue);
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+		blk_queue_max_hw_sectors(mddev->queue, UINT_MAX);
 	}
 
 	if (journal_dev) {