I think all this bcache code needs bigger attention. For one
bio_alloc_pages is only used in bcache, so we should move it in there.
Second the way bio_alloc_pages is currently written looks potentially
dangerous for multi-page biovecs, so we should think about a better
calling convention. The way bcache seems to generally use it is by
allocating a bio, then calling bch_bio_map on it and then calling
bio_alloc_pages. I think it just needs a new bio_alloc_pages calling
convention that passes the size to be allocated and stop looking into
the segment count.
Second bch_bio_map isn't something we should be doing in a driver,
it should be rewritten using bio_add_page.
> diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
> index 866dcf78ff8e..3da595ae565b 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.c
> @@ -431,6 +431,7 @@ static void do_btree_node_write(struct btree *b)
>
> continue_at(cl, btree_node_write_done, NULL);
> } else {
> + /* No harm for multipage bvec since the new is just allocated */
> b->bio->bi_vcnt = 0;
This should go away - bio_alloc_pages or it's replacement should not
modify bi_vcnt on failure.
> + /* single page bio, safe for multipage bvec */
> dc->sb_bio.bi_io_vec[0].bv_page = sb_page;
needs to use bio_add_page.
> + /* single page bio, safe for multipage bvec */
> ca->sb_bio.bi_io_vec[0].bv_page = sb_page;
needs to use bio_add_page.
