I just noticed that bio_clone copies the BIO_SEG_VALID bit from the original bio when it was set. When we modify bi_idx or bi_vcnt afterwards the segment counts are invalid and the bit must be dropped (though it is fairly unlikely that it has already been set). [Christophe Saout] --- diff/drivers/md/dm.c 2004-02-09 10:43:40.000000000 +0000 +++ source/drivers/md/dm.c 2004-02-09 12:06:35.000000000 +0000 @@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ clone->bi_idx = idx; clone->bi_vcnt = idx + bv_count; clone->bi_size = to_bytes(len); + clone->bi_flags &= ~(1 << BIO_SEG_VALID); return clone; }