FAILED: patch "[PATCH] block: make sure writesame bio is aligned with logical block" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree

The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From: Ming Lei <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 20:57:19 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] block: make sure writesame bio is aligned with logical block
size

Obviously the created writesame bio has to be aligned with logical block size, and use bio_allowed_max_sectors() to retrieve this number.

index d58d5d87dd88..e8b3bb9bf375 100644
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ static int __blkdev_issue_write_same(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	/* Ensure that max_write_same_sectors doesn't overflow bi_size */
-	max_write_same_sectors = UINT_MAX >> 9;
+	max_write_same_sectors = bio_allowed_max_sectors(q);
 
 	while (nr_sects) {
 		bio = blk_next_bio(bio, 1, gfp_mask);