On 07/14/2017 04:35 PM, Ming Lei wrote: > On Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 4:54 AM, Liu Bo <bo.li.liu@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 08:22:31AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote: >>> On 07/14/2017 07:47 AM, Ming Lei wrote: >>>>> @@ -156,6 +156,9 @@ static inline void *bio_data(struct bio *bio) >>>>> /* >>>>> * drivers should _never_ use the all version - the bio may have been split >>>>> * before it got to the driver and the driver won't own all of it >>>>> + * >>>>> + * Note that cloned bios must not use this as their bi_vcnt may be invalid and >>>>> + * this could lead to silent corruptions. >>>>> */ >>>>> #define bio_for_each_segment_all(bvl, bio, i) \ >>>>> for (i = 0, bvl = (bio)->bi_io_vec; i < (bio)->bi_vcnt; i++, bvl++) >>>>> -- >>>>> 2.13.0 >>>>> >>>> >>>> Maybe we can add a warning here if it is a cloned bio. >>> >>> I think that's a good idea, it's easy for people to get this wrong, and >>> the consequences can be dire. How about something like this? >>> >>> diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h >>> index 7b1cf4ba0902..13b6ac6eae29 100644 >>> --- a/include/linux/bio.h >>> +++ b/include/linux/bio.h >>> @@ -155,9 +155,12 @@ static inline void *bio_data(struct bio *bio) >>> >>> /* >>> * drivers should _never_ use the all version - the bio may have been split >>> - * before it got to the driver and the driver won't own all of it >>> + * before it got to the driver and the driver won't own all of it. >>> + * >>> + * Don't use this on cloned bio's. >>> */ >>> #define bio_for_each_segment_all(bvl, bio, i) \ >>> + WARN_ON_ONCE(bio_flagged(bio, BIO_CLONED)); \ >>> for (i = 0, bvl = (bio)->bi_io_vec; i < (bio)->bi_vcnt; i++, bvl++) >>> >>> static inline void bio_advance_iter(struct bio *bio, struct bvec_iter *iter, >>> >> >> This patch gave me a crash, I'm double checking it.. > > Hi Liu Bo, > > Looks one extra warning shouldn't have trigger a crash, please double > check and update > with us. > > I just start a VM and run a quick test on ext4, btrfs, looks > everything is fine, and not see > any warning. I booted it here too, and it works fine for me. So I agree, the crash seems to be unrelated. -- Jens Axboe