+ /*
+ * With arbitrary bio size, the incoming bio may be very
+ * big. We have to split the bio into small bios so that
+ * each holds at most BIO_MAX_PAGES bvecs because
+ * bio_clone() can fail to allocate big bvecs.
+ *
+ * It should have been better to apply the limit per
+ * request queue in which bio_clone() is involved,
+ * instead of globally. The biggest blocker is the
+ * bio_clone() in bio bounce.
+ *
+ * If bio is splitted by this reason, we should have
+ * allowed to continue bios merging, but don't do
+ * that now for making the change simple.
+ *
+ * TODO: deal with bio bounce's bio_clone() gracefully
+ * and convert the global limit into per-queue limit.
+ */
+ if (bvecs++ >= BIO_MAX_PAGES)
+ goto split;
+