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    block: don't check for BIO_MAX_PAGES in blk_bio_segment_split() · 58c94cc1
    NeilBrown authored
    blk_bio_segment_split() makes sure bios have no more than
    BIO_MAX_PAGES entries in the bi_io_vec.
    This was done because bio_clone_bioset() (when given a
    mempool bioset) could not handle larger io_vecs.
    
    No driver uses bio_clone_bioset() any more, they all
    use bio_clone_fast() if anything, and bio_clone_fast()
    doesn't clone the bi_io_vec.
    
    The main user of of bio_clone_bioset() at this level
    is bounce.c, and bouncing now happens before blk_bio_segment_split(),
    so that is not of concern.
    
    So remove the big helpful comment and the code.
    Reviewed-by: default avatarChristoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarNeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
    58c94cc1
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