- if (size < OUT_UPDATE_INIT_BUFFER_SIZE)
- size = OUT_UPDATE_INIT_BUFFER_SIZE;
-
- ours->ours_req = object_update_request_alloc(size);
-
- if (IS_ERR(ours->ours_req)) {
+ /* The object update request will be added to an SG list for
+ * bulk transfer. Some IB HW cannot handle partial pages in SG
+ * lists (since they create gaps in memory regions) so we
+ * round the size up to the next multiple of PAGE_SIZE. See
+ * LU-9983. */
+ LASSERT(size > 0);
+ size = round_up(size, PAGE_SIZE);
+ OBD_ALLOC_LARGE(ourq, size);
+ if (ourq == NULL) {