On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 17:11:49 +0100, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Dan's smatch run pointed out that there is no need to check for a NULL
> req->bio in the merge bio into request and request merge helpers
> because they can't ever be reached by flush or passthrough requests.
>
> While validing that I also found a few other odd bits directly next
> to it, so this two-patch series fixes all of that.
>
> [...]
Applied, thanks!
[1/2] block: don't bother checking the data direction for merges
commit: 9f8d68283342a48f692f2c02231318bb4a7b207f
[2/2] block: req->bio is always set in the merge code
commit: 81314bfbde9d089fa2318adba54891dfaadb1c05
Best regards,
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Jens Axboe
