Multipath failure with blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit. RHEL server using the Oracle afd filter driver after updating to kernel 3.10.0-1127.el7

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Multipath failed on Oracle server with below messages:
Jul 31 09:19:48 localhost kernel:[ 1587.971432] blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit.
Jul 31 09:19:48 localhost kernel:[ 1587.971894] blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit.

OR

kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max segments limit

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.8
    • 3.10.0-1127.el7
  • Oracle AFD

Note: this issue may exist with older kernels too

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