'partprobe' command results in 'blk_cloned_rq_check_limits' errors and dm-multipath path failures

Issue

• For application, filesystem requirements we had tuned max_sectors_kb option using steps in article 3014361, but as soon as the partprobe command was executed by a user, following errors were logged and sub paths to multipath devices were failed:

  kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit.
  kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Failing path 8:128.
  kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit.
  multipathd: sdi: mark as failed
  kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Failing path 8:144.
  kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit.
  kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Failing path 8:64.
  multipathd: mpatha: remaining active paths: 3
  kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit.
  kernel: device-mapper: multipath: Failing path 65:32.
  

• While further checking the max_sectors_kb value for devices, it was found that after running partprobe the value was changed:

  $ cat /sys/block/sde/queue/max_sectors_kb
  1024
  

  before running partprobe command above value was set to 4096.