On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 03:08:39PM -0700, Kent Overstreet wrote: How about the following? There was no API to kmalloc bio and clone and osdblk was using explicit bio_kmalloc() + __bio_clone(). (my guess here) As this is inconvenient and there will be more users of it in the future, add bio_clone_kmalloc() and use it in osdblk. > Acked-by: Boaz Harrosh <bharrosh@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/block/osdblk.c | 3 +-- > fs/bio.c | 13 +++++++++++++ > fs/exofs/ore.c | 5 ++--- > include/linux/bio.h | 1 + > 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/block/osdblk.c b/drivers/block/osdblk.c > index 87311eb..1bbc681 100644 > --- a/drivers/block/osdblk.c > +++ b/drivers/block/osdblk.c > @@ -266,11 +266,10 @@ static struct bio *bio_chain_clone(struct bio *old_chain, gfp_t gfpmask) > struct bio *tmp, *new_chain = NULL, *tail = NULL; > > while (old_chain) { > - tmp = bio_kmalloc(gfpmask, old_chain->bi_max_vecs); > + tmp = bio_clone_kmalloc(old_chain, gfpmask); > if (!tmp) > goto err_out; > > - __bio_clone(tmp, old_chain); > tmp->bi_bdev = NULL; > gfpmask &= ~__GFP_WAIT; > tmp->bi_next = NULL; > diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c > index f0c865b..77b9313 100644 > --- a/fs/bio.c > +++ b/fs/bio.c > @@ -497,6 +497,19 @@ struct bio *bio_clone(struct bio *bio, gfp_t gfp_mask) > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL(bio_clone); > /** PLEASE. > +struct bio *bio_clone_kmalloc(struct bio *bio, gfp_t gfp_mask) > +{ > + struct bio *b = bio_kmalloc(gfp_mask, bio->bi_max_vecs); Can't we use %NULL bioset as an indication to allocate from kmalloc instead of duping interfaces like this? Thanks. -- tejun -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel