tree c53e0a569f3d390ea2a97f964225d5383c6401ec
parent 71fd5ae25d88841c08d5bbea90c0f0a12ca05509
author Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> 1332956488 +0100
committer Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com> 1332956488 +0100

dm thin: relax hard limit on the maximum size of a metadata device

The thin metadata format can only make use of a device that is <=
THIN_METADATA_MAX_SECTORS (currently 15.9375 GB).  Therefore, there is no
practical benefit to using a larger device.

However, it may be that other factors impose a certain granularity for
the space that is allocated to a device (E.g. lvm2 can impose a coarse
granularity through the use of large, >= 1 GB, physical extents).

Rather than reject a larger metadata device, during thin-pool device
construction, switch to allowing it but issue a warning if a device
larger than THIN_METADATA_MAX_SECTORS_WARNING (16 GB) is
provided.  Any space over 15.9375 GB will not be used.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>