1 files changed, 22 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/block/blk-core.c b/block/blk-core.c
index 3fbb5b2d5385..9f2a99abeeb9 100644
--- a/block/blk-core.c
+++ b/block/blk-core.c
@@ -1148,10 +1148,24 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bio);
 static blk_status_t blk_cloned_rq_check_limits(struct request_queue *q,
 				      struct request *rq)
 {
-	if (blk_rq_sectors(rq) > blk_queue_get_max_sectors(q, req_op(rq))) {
+	unsigned int max_sectors = blk_queue_get_max_sectors(q, req_op(rq));
+
+	if (blk_rq_sectors(rq) > max_sectors) {
+		/*
+		 * SCSI device does not have a good way to return if
+		 * Write Same/Zero is actually supported. If a device rejects
+		 * a non-read/write command (discard, write same,etc.) the
+		 * low-level device driver will set the relevant queue limit to
+		 * 0 to prevent blk-lib from issuing more of the offending
+		 * operations. Commands queued prior to the queue limit being
+		 * reset need to be completed with BLK_STS_NOTSUPP to avoid I/O
+		 * errors being propagated to upper layers.
+		 */
+		if (max_sectors == 0)
+			return BLK_STS_NOTSUPP;
+
 		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: over max size limit. (%u > %u)\n",
-			__func__, blk_rq_sectors(rq),
-			blk_queue_get_max_sectors(q, req_op(rq)));
+			__func__, blk_rq_sectors(rq), max_sectors);
 		return BLK_STS_IOERR;
 	}
 
@@ -1178,8 +1192,11 @@ static blk_status_t blk_cloned_rq_check_limits(struct request_queue *q,
  */
 blk_status_t blk_insert_cloned_request(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq)
 {
-	if (blk_cloned_rq_check_limits(q, rq))
-		return BLK_STS_IOERR;
+	blk_status_t ret;
+
+	ret = blk_cloned_rq_check_limits(q, rq);
+	if (ret != BLK_STS_OK)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (rq->rq_disk &&
 	    should_fail_request(&rq->rq_disk->part0, blk_rq_bytes(rq)))