Getting error "kernel: blk_rq_check_limits: over max size limit" when changing the max_sectors_kb value on multipath devices or their underlying individual paths

Issue

• We are receiving the following errors when accessing LUNS.
  This only happens when setting /sys/block/dm-\*/slaves/sd\*/queue/max_sectors_kb to 128.

  Jun 14 14:54:55 server kernel: blk_rq_check_limits: over max size limit.
  Jun 14 14:54:55 server kernel: blk_rq_check_limits: over max size limit.
  

  This does not occur when we leave the max_sectors_kb at 512.
  the error is causing path failures and paths fail over.

• With kernel-2.6.32-642.el6 and later, there is a slightly different error logged:

  Jun 14 09:33:38 testhost kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit.
  Jun 14 09:33:38 testhost kernel: blk_cloned_rq_check_limits: over max size limit.