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-rw-r--r--drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c b/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c
index 727c506417c..ed710bcdaab 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/storage/scsiglue.c
@@ -135,6 +135,12 @@ static int slave_configure(struct scsi_device *sdev)
if (sdev->request_queue->max_sectors > max_sectors)
blk_queue_max_sectors(sdev->request_queue,
max_sectors);
+ } else if (sdev->type == TYPE_TAPE) {
+ /* Tapes need much higher max_sector limits, so just
+ * raise it to the maximum possible (4 GB / 512) and
+ * let the queue segment size sort out the real limit.
+ */
+ blk_queue_max_sectors(sdev->request_queue, 0x7FFFFF);
}
/* Some USB host controllers can't do DMA; they have to use PIO.